whet
verb- whet something
to increase your desire for or interest in something 刺激…的欲望;增强…的兴趣 Extra ExamplesSo, if this has whetted your appetite for setting up your own website, how should you get started? 所以,如果这激起了你建立自己网站的欲望,你应该如何开始? The long walk had whetted my appetite. 长途步行激起了我的食欲。 This success whetted my appetite to go in for more competitions. 这一成功激起了我参加更多比赛的欲望。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryWhet is used with these nouns as the object:- appetite
- knife
Word OriginOld English hwettan, of Germanic origin; related to German wetzen, based on an adjective meaning ‘sharp’.