hone

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhonehone /həʊn $ hoʊn/ verb [transitive] 1 IMPROVEto improve your skill at doing something, especially when you are already very good at it He set about honing his skills as a draughtsman. finely honed (=extremely well-developed) intuition2 formalSHARP to make knives, swords etc sharp SYN sharpen→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpushone• So things were changed, honed down, made to appear not quite so militaristic.• It was during this period that Bush honed his diplomatic skills.• The student has to hone his skills to develop the power and speed to push the material past that limit.• Mark accepted this and used the waiting period to improve relationships and hone his skills.• It honed in on the prototypical shape that was behind all the degraded images.• An election could come at any time, and policies across the board were being honed in readiness.honing ... skills• It suited my wandering nature, my penchant for traversing the neighborhoods of San Francisco, honing my skills as a boulevardier.• I left for school before most kids were up, honing those high-achievement skills early.Origin hone (1800-1900) hone “stone for making things sharp” ((14-19 centuries)), from Old English hon “stone”

单词	hone
释义	hone From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhonehone /həʊn $ hoʊn/ verb [transitive] 1 IMPROVEto improve your skill at doing something, especially when you are already very good at it He set about honing his skills as a draughtsman. finely honed (=extremely well-developed) intuition2 formalSHARP to make knives, swords etc sharp SYN sharpen→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpushone• So things were changed, honed down, made to appear not quite so militaristic.• It was during this period that Bush honed his diplomatic skills.• The student has to hone his skills to develop the power and speed to push the material past that limit.• Mark accepted this and used the waiting period to improve relationships and hone his skills.• It honed in on the prototypical shape that was behind all the degraded images.• An election could come at any time, and policies across the board were being honed in readiness.honing ... skills• It suited my wandering nature, my penchant for traversing the neighborhoods of San Francisco, honing my skills as a boulevardier.• I left for school before most kids were up, honing those high-achievement skills early.Origin hone (1800-1900) hone “stone for making things sharp” ((14-19 centuries)), from Old English hon “stone”
随便看	from day to day minute to minute etc from day to day/from minute to minute etc from day to from minute to minute etc from doing from doing something from door to door from every side from every walk of from all walks of life from every walk of life all walks of life from every walk of life/from all walks of life from father to son from fatigue from from the viewpoint of from hero to zero from humble beginnings from humble/small beginnings from into your own pocket from left to right from memory from obscurity to from obscurity to something from of the wilderness from of your own pocket from on high from one ... to another