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
- Stones whet a sword, difficulties strengthen willpower.
石头是刀的朋友，障碍是意志的朋友。 - 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。 - It only gives our wish for blue a whet.
只引起我们对蓝色的向往。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - If I shall whet my sword as the lightning, and my hand take hold on judgment: I will render vengeance to my enemies, and repay them that hate me.
我一磨亮我的刀剑，我一掌握裁判权，必向我的敌人雪恨，对恨我的人报复。 - 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。 - 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。