单词 | whetstone |
释义 | whetstone From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Toolswhetstonewhet‧stone /ˈwetstəʊn $ -stoʊn/ noun [countable]TZa stone used to make the blade of cutting tools sharpExamples from the Corpuswhetstone• His brain seemed to seize up when Naseby was around, whereas Stitch sharpened it, like a whetstone.• Hereabouts can be found, in quarry spoil, the fine-grained whetstone once transported for use in steel manufacture.• He w as filing arrow heads, and the sound of the metal on the whetstone set Burun's teeth on edge. |
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