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释义 | whetwhet /wet/ verb (past tense and past participle whetted, present participle whetting) [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINwhet Verb TableOrigin: Old English hwettanVERB TABLE whet
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WORD SETS► Tools Collocationsadze, nounair pump, nounanvil, nounattachment, nounauger, nounawl, nounaxe, nounbargepole, nounbattleaxe, nounbevel, nounbillhook, nounbit, nounblade, nounboat hook, nounbox end wrench, nounbradawl, nounbranding iron, nounBunsen burner, nounbuzz saw, nouncalculator, nouncallipers, nouncard, nounchainsaw, nounchisel, nouncircular saw, nounclaw, nouncraft knife, nouncrowbar, nouncutter, noundrill, noundropper, noundynamo, nounendoscope, nounfile, nounfile, verbgenerator, noungimlet, noungizmo, noungrappling iron, noungrindstone, nounhacksaw, nounhammer, nounhandsaw, nounharrow, nounhatchet, nounhigh-pressure, adjectiveinstrument, nounjack, nounjackhammer, nounjemmy, nounjigsaw, nounjimmy, nounknitting needle, nounlast, nounlevel, nounlever, nounmachete, nounmallet, nounmattock, nounmonkey wrench, nounnutcracker, nounpenknife, nounperiscope, nounpick, nounpickaxe, nounpinking shears, nounplane, nounplaner, nounpliers, nounplough, nounplumb line, nounplunger, nounpneumatic drill, nounpower drill, nounpower tool, nounprod, nounpulley, nounpunch, nounram, nounrasp, nounretool, verbriddle, nounrose, nounruler, nounsander, nounsandpaper, nounsaw, nounscissors, nounscraper, nounscrewdriver, nounshaft, nounshank, nounsickle, nounsieve, nounsledgehammer, nounsoldering iron, nounspanner, nounspirit level, nounspray gun, nounsquare, nounstamp, nounstaple gun, nounstripper, nountape, nountape measure, nountheodolite, nounthermometer, nounthermostat, nountomahawk, nountongs, nountool, nountool kit, nountriangle, nountrowel, nounT-square, nountwo-handed, adjectivewand, nounwedge, nounwhet, verbwhetstone, nounwire cutters, nounworkbench, nounyoke, noun COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► appetite Phrases· To whet your appetite, try the Wanaka lamb in orange sauce recipe on this page.· Undergraduates will certainly find some interesting material, and researchers will also find enough examples to whet their appetite.· If that's not enough to whet your appetite, we've 100 £4 entrance tickets to give away free!· Martin's potted history of each railway is certainly sufficiently detailed to whet the appetite enough to free buttocks from armchair Dralon.· Most of the notorious grade anomalies have been ironed out and the colour photos should whet people's appetites.· Any departure from it would be more likely to whet appetites than to satisfy them.· To whet your appetite, here are some of the most commonly asked questions about fine vintage wines.· After a quick outline of what each type of program lets you do, I list some uses to whet your appetite. PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► whet somebody’s appetite (for something) 1whet somebody’s appetite (for something) if an experience whets your appetite for something, it increases your desire for it: The view from the Quai bridge had whetted my appetite for a trip on the lake.2literary to make the edge of a blade sharp
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