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 hwæt "brave, bold," Old Saxon hwat "sharp").
实用例句
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。
来自《权威词典》
2. If the ox falls , whet your knife.
墙倒众人推.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Stones whet a sword, difficulties strengthen willpower.
石头是刀的朋友, 障碍是意志的朋友.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. 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。
来自辞典例句
5. A really good catalogue can also whet customers' appetites for merchandise.