whet
英 [wet]
美 [wet]
v. 刺激…的欲望; 增强…的兴趣
过去分词:whetted 过去式:whetted 现在分词:whetting 第三人称单数:whets
BNC.18573 / COCA.19708
牛津词典
verb
- 刺激…的欲望;增强…的兴趣
to increase your desire for or interest in sth- The book will whet your appetite for more of her work.
你看了这本书就会更想多读她的著作。
- The book will whet your appetite for more of her work.
柯林斯词典
- PHRASE 刺激(某人)对…的欲望;激发(某人)对…的兴趣
If someone or somethingwhetsyourappetite fora particular thing, they increase your desire to have it or know about it, especially by giving you an idea of what it is like.- A really good catalogue can also whet customers' appetites for merchandise.
一份真正好的商品目录也可以激起顾客购买的欲望。 - ...lectures he hopes might whet the appetite and keep students' enthusiasm.
他希望能激发学生们的兴趣,保持他们的热情的讲座
- A really good catalogue can also whet customers' appetites for merchandise.
英英释义
verb
- sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone
- make keen or more acute
- whet my appetite
双语例句
- The years whet difficult, the slightest whetted to the dream of childhood.
岁月的磨难,丝毫没有磨去童年的梦。 - Although not an exhaustive description, it perhaps will provide enough information to whet your appetite and encourage you to learn more about TFP.
尽管这些不是详尽的说明,但它也许会提供足够的信息激起您的欲望并鼓励您学习更多的关于TFP的内容。 - Practice English before you eat to whet your appetite.
饭前练英语,让你胃口好。 - Stones whet a sword, difficulties strengthen willpower.
石头是刀的朋友,障碍是意志的朋友。 - I am sure this food will whet their appetites.
我敢肯定,这些菜能让他们大开胃口。 - This has been a bit of a whirlwind tour of these tools, but I have tried to present you with at least enough information to whet your appetite.
本文采用走马观花的方式介绍了上述工具,但我已经试图起码向你提供足够的信息以激起你的好奇心。 - Plastic imitation meals are one part of Japan's food culture, and they are starting to whet appetites in other countries, too.
塑料仿餐是一个日本的饮食文化的一部分,他们开始在其他国家的胃口磨也。 - A really good catalogue can also whet customers 'appetites for merchandise.
一份真正好的商品目录也可以激起顾客购买的欲望。 - Whet your appetite, are you hungry?
刺激你的欲望,你是否渴望? - With these beautifully crafted works of edible art, the park ´ s creators whet the mass'appetite to consume, but with style and cultivation.
除了风格和修养之外,凭借着这些做工精美的可食用艺术作品,公园的创造者激起了大众消费的欲望。