英语词汇“to whet one's whistle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. transitive. In to whet one's whistle (in which whet has been substituted for the earlier wet): to clear the throat or voice by taking a drink.

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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > clear throat with drink

to whet one's whistle1674

to cool or clear one's coppers1831

1674 T. Flatman Belly God 46 First whet thy whistle with some good Metheglin.

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. xi. 244 Give the Gentleman a Glass to whet his Whistle before he begins.

1809 F. J. Jackson Let. 7 Oct. in Lady Jackson Bath Archives (1873) I. 20 Punch..served very agreeably to wet, or whet, my whistle.

1908 T. Hardy Dynasts: Pt. 3rd iii. vi. 122 See that they have plenty of Madeira to whet their whistles with.

单词	to whet one's whistle
释义	> as lemmas to whet one's whistle b. transitive. In to whet one's whistle (in which whet has been substituted for the earlier wet): to clear the throat or voice by taking a drink. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > clear throat with drink to whet one's whistle1674 to cool or clear one's coppers1831 1674 T. Flatman Belly God 46 First whet thy whistle with some good Metheglin. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. xi. 244 Give the Gentleman a Glass to whet his Whistle before he begins. View more context for this quotation 1809 F. J. Jackson Let. 7 Oct. in Lady Jackson Bath Archives (1873) I. 20 Punch..served very agreeably to wet, or whet, my whistle. 1908 T. Hardy Dynasts: Pt. 3rd iii. vi. 122 See that they have plenty of Madeira to whet their whistles with. extracted from whetv. < as lemmas
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