| 单词 | hone |
| 释义 | hone (hoʊn ) Word forms: hones , honing , honed 1. verb If you hone something, for example a skill, technique, idea, or product, you carefully develop it over a long period of time so that it is exactly right for your purpose. Leading companies spend time and money on honing the skills of senior managers. [VERB noun] His body is honed and kept in trim with constant exercise. [VERB noun] Synonyms: improve, better, polish, enhance 2. verb If you hone a blade, weapon, or tool, you sharpen it on a stone or with a special device. [technical] ...four grinding wheels for honing fine edged tools and implements. [VERB noun] ...a thin, honed blade. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: sharpen, point, grind, edge Collocations: hone a sense This honed sense of the style of your dreams allows you to spot them. Times, Sunday Times It also honed my sense of comic timing. Times, Sunday Times Yet thanks to their finely honed sense of timing, comedians often turn out to be superb actors. The Sun Players knew what they had to do, having honed their skills in an unbeaten run of three friendly matches, and displayed diligence and patience. Times, Sunday Times He has blasted the current crop of chart stars for spending too much time on their smart phones promoting themselves rather than honing their skills. The Sun There are now 127 teams playing pony-club polo in this country, honing their skills with regular coaching and playing local and national league matches. Times, Sunday Times You can always book another class to hone your skills. The Sun While his peers were ensconced in academies, he was honing his skills with a grapefruit at his feet. Times,Sunday Times He practises his serve all the time and will often stay out for another half an hour to hone his technique. Times, Sunday Times Their humble origins imbue hunger, the dusty barrio streets hone their technique, the stark choice between the game and the gangs drive them to fame and fortune. Times, Sunday Times What's more, his subject matter goes beyond the battle rhymes that most mike virtuosos hone their technique with. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Honing her technique and persuading the selectors to have the courage to pick her will be more difficult tasks. Times, Sunday Times They include many players who have been around for a decade or more, who have honed their techniques in traditional cricket. Times, Sunday Times Cordless gives bands space to hone their art and grow without the expectations and cash outlays associated with a major label. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One would think that the great actors rehearsed a lot and the great singing performances were as a result of people honing their art. Times, Sunday Times In the age of global power summits and international glad-handing, he has since honed the art to perfection. Times, Sunday Times They have spent years honing their art. Times, Sunday Times Over decades, he's honed the art of stretching an audience's assumptions, and a punchline, almost to snapping point. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 磨砺 Japanese: 磨く |
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