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whetted

/hwet, wet/US // ʰwɛt, wɛt //UK // (wɛt) //

饱经沧桑,饱满的,饱满

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    whet·ted, whet·ting.

    • : to sharpen by grinding or friction.
    • : to make keen or eager; stimulate: to whet the appetite; to whet the curiosity.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of whetting.
    • : something that whets; appetizer or drink.
    • : Chiefly Southern U.S. a spell of work.a while: to talk a whet.

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Examples

  • Who knows, maybe Project Runway whetted our appetites for the drama contained within the construction of a sleeve after all.

  • But this one swift achievement only whetted the famished appetite to more creative ardor.

  • Between them, it was agreed that there should be no recalling of the past, but the very embargo whetted his appetite.

  • This whetted afresh the resentment of the thirty tyrants, who caused him now to be condemned to death.

  • It wud make a nourishin' dish whin ye have whetted ye'er face on a piece iv cuttle fish bone.

  • At the evening meal the appetite is again whetted: and a good appetite always means good gastric juice to digest the369 meal.