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
- 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。 - It only gives our wish for blue a whet.
只引起我们对蓝色的向往。 - 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。 - 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。 - LAST year Google whet the appetites of geeks everywhere when it announced that it had developed Google Glass, a pair of web-connected smart glasses that could take photos and videos, and display information gleaned from the internet.
谷歌去年宣布开发出了谷歌眼镜,一下吊起了全球发烧友们的胃口。这是一种新型智能眼镜,能上网、能拍照、能看视频、还能显示网上订阅的文章。 - As I dug deeper into her life, each new revelation only served to whet my appetite for more details.
随着我对魏特琳身世的进一步了解,每一个新的发现都会激励我想了解有关她更多细节的兴趣。 - 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。 - The preview was intended to whet your appetite.
预告是为了吊胃口。 - 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。 - 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。