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　

GRE

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
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。

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.
1. 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。
2. ...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

英英释义

verb

sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone
make keen or more acute
1. whet my appetite
Synonym:quicken

双语例句

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。
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。
It's a great way to whet your aviation appetite.
这是激起你航空梦想的重要方式。
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。
Practice English before you eat to whet your appetite.
饭前练英语，让你胃口好。
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。
The preview was intended to whet your appetite.
预告是为了吊胃口。
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。
It only gives our wish for blue a whet.
只引起我们对蓝色的向往。