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 hw?t "brave, bold," Old Saxon hwat "sharp").
雙語例句
1. The book will whet your appetite for more of her work.
你看了這本書就會更想多讀她的著作。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. If the ox falls , whet your knife.
墻倒眾人推.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Stones whet a sword, difficulties strengthen willpower.
石頭是刀的朋友, 障礙是意志的朋友.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
4. She gave him just enough information to whet his appetite.
她向他透露的信息剛好能吊起他的胃口。
來自辭典例句
5. A really good catalogue can also whet customers' appetites for merchandise.