Whet

(verb.) sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone.

(verb.) make keen or more acute; 'whet my appetite'.

艾达整理

• Whet the bright steel, Sons of the White Dragon! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Never heed me; I'll bear it this whet [time]. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Whet the steel, the raven croaks! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• He makes us wait to whet our curiosity, she said. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Whet the steel, sons of the Dragon! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Nothing in her cherished affection in me, made me better, gentler; she only stirred my brain and whetted my acuteness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Almost daily he whetted his keen knife and scraped and whittled at his young beard to eradicate this degrading emblem of apehood. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• She felt as if her senses were being whetted on some fine grindstone, that was keen as flame. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I knew the steely ire I had whetted. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• When the task was done, Mr Boffin, with his appetite for Misers whetted instead of satiated, began to look out again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He practiced with his rope and played with his sharp knife, which he had learned to keep keen by whetting upon flat stones. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Such an oracle really whets my curiosity. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

贝蒂整理