whet
verb /wet/
/wet/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they whet | /wet/ /wet/ |
| he / she / it whets | /wets/ /wets/ |
| past simple whetted | /ˈwetɪd/ /ˈwetɪd/ |
| past participle whetted | /ˈwetɪd/ /ˈwetɪd/ |
| -ing form whetting | /ˈwetɪŋ/ /ˈwetɪŋ/ |
- whet something to increase your desire for or interest in something
刺激…的欲望；增强…的兴趣 - 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。
- So, if this has whetted your appetite for setting up your own website, how should you get started?
所以，如果这激起了你建立自己网站的欲望，你应该如何开始？ - The long walk had whetted my appetite.
长途步行激起了我的食欲。 - This success whetted my appetite to go in for more competitions.
这一成功激起了我参加更多比赛的欲望。
Collocations DictionaryWhet is used with these nouns as the object:- appetite
- knife
词源Old English hwettan, of Germanic origin; related to German wetzen, based on an adjective meaning ‘sharp’. - The book will whet your appetite for more of her work.