| 释义 |
whetted, ppl. a.|ˈhwɛtɪd|
[f. whet v. + -ed1.]
Sharpened.
1563Mirr. Mag., Hastings lxx, The whetted tuske, and furrowed forhead hye. 1693Dryden Juvenal x. 365 One, who at sight of Supper open'd wide His Jaws before, and whetted Grinders try'd. 1794Coleridge Fall of Robespierre i. 185 Who from a bad man's bosom wards the blow Reserves the whetted dagger for his own. 1870Morris Earthly Par. II. iii. 391 Then light the torch, and draw the whetted sword! 1876R. Broughton Joan ii. iv, Every one else..beginning to eat with the whetted appetite that going to church always seems to engender. |