| 单词 | sharpen |
| 释义 | sharpen (once / 909 pages) v WORD FAMILY sharpen: sharpened, sharpener, sharpening, sharpens+/sharp: sharpen, sharper, sharpest, sharply, sharpness, sharps/sharpened: unsharpened/sharpener: sharpeners/sharper: sharpers/sharply: sharplys/sharpness: sharpnesses USAGE EXAMPLESFrustrations among Chinese were sharpened last year by a stock market crash, widely seen as badly handled by authorities. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) We are sharpening our knives for a large buffet.” The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) Still, Putin fears encirclement—or says he does—and occasionally sharpens his rhetoric accordingly. Slate(Dec 23, 2016) 1v make sharp or sharper sharpen the knives Ant|Hypo|Hyper blunt, dull make dull or blunt strap sharpen with a strap edgeprovide with an edge stropsharpen on a strop whetsharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone honesharpen with a hone setgive a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 2v make crisp or more crisp and precise We had to sharpen our arguments Hyper compound, deepen, heighten, intensify make more intense, stronger, or more marked 3v become sharp or sharper The debate sharpened Hyper deepen, intensify become more intense 4v give a point to Syn|Hypo|Hyper point, taper acuminate make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point change form, change shape, deform assume a different shape or form 5v make (one's senses) more acute This drug will sharpen your vision Syn|Hypo|Hyper heighten subtilise, subtilize make (senses) more keen compound, deepen, heighten, intensify make more intense, stronger, or more marked 6v put (an image) into focus Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper focalise, focalize, focus blear, blur make dim or indistinct refocus put again into focus or focus more sharply adjust, correct, set alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard 7v make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper Ant|Hypo|Hyper soften make (images or sounds) soft or softer focus cause to converge on or toward a central point refocusfocus once again; The physicist refocused the light beam" change intensity increase or decrease in intensity 8v raise the pitch of (musical notes) Ant|Hyper drop, flatten lower the pitch of (musical notes) alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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