• vt. 刺激；磨快；促进
• n. 磨；开胃物；刺激物

来自古英语hwettan,磨，使锋利，来自PIE*kewd,使锋利，来自PIE*ko的扩大格，词源同cone,cuneiform.

whet (v.)

Old English hwettan "to whet, sharpen," figuratively "incite, encourage," from Proto-Germanic *hwatjan (cognates: Old Norse hvetja "to sharpen, encourage," Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wetten, Old High German wezzan, German wetzen "to sharpen," Gothic ga-hvatjan "to sharpen, incite"), from PIE root *kwed- "to sharpen" (cognates: Sanskrit codati "incites," literally "sharpens;" Old English hwæt "brave, bold," Old Saxon hwat "sharp").

1. 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。

来自《权威词典》

2. If the ox falls , whet your knife.

墙倒众人推.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Stones whet a sword, difficulties strengthen willpower.

石头是刀的朋友, 障碍是意志的朋友.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. She gave him just enough information to whet his appetite.

她向他透露的信息刚好能吊起他的胃口。

来自辞典例句

5. 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。

来自辞典例句