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
- It be the pressure that begs existence in hard environment because of DOing not experience the whet of environment of the very hardship to practice and bearing.
就是因为没有经受过极其艰苦的环境的磨练和承受艰苦环境里求生存的压力。 - A dish with a fragrant aroma will certainly whet the appetite.
一道冒着香味的菜肴定会激起人们的食欲。 - 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。 - Early men then ate the same plants whet they fall sick, and found them helpful.
早期的人生病时，也吃同样的植物，并发现它们有帮助。 - In the meantime, however, Alibaba is hoping that its latest results will whet potential investors 'appetite for growth.
但与此同时，阿里巴巴希望最新的业绩能激发潜在投资者对增长的兴趣。 - I showed the sales director a preview of the proposal to whet his appetite for the main advertising campaign.
我给销售经理预先看所提的建议，以增加他对广告宣传运动的兴趣。 - This article has just scratched the surface of using zippers in the Visitor pattern; the point of it is to whet your appetite for further exploration.
这篇文章仅仅是涉及了在访问者模式中使用zippers的一些浅显问题；目的在于激发您进一步探索的兴趣。 - 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。 - Then he would put it on the stone again and whet, whet, till I could have laughed aloud, it was so very ludicrous.
于是他又在磨刀石上一磨再磨，真是滑稽，使我禁不住要放声大笑。