whetstone

英式音标：[ˈwetstəʊn]

美式音标：[ˈwetstoʊn]

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概况：

n. 磨石

n. (Whetstone)人名；(英)惠茨通

词义：

n.

磨石，油石；

变形

复数：whetstones

英英释义

whetstone[ 'hwetstəun ]

n.a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives

用法：

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

Competition is the whetstone of talent.
竞争磨炼才能。

The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
最锐利的锋刃是从粗糙的磨刀石上磨出来的。

权威例句

Precision ceramic whetstone

Composite whetstone for polishing soft metals

A 40-year follow-up of whetstone cutters on silicosis

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Amphibians and Reptiles of the Whetstone Mountains, Arizona

Method of manufacturing revolving whetstone and revolving whetstone manufactured by the same

Mortality due to silico-tuberculosis and lung cancer among 200 whetstone cutters.

Redescription of Early Pennsylvanian Trace-Fossil Holotypes from the Nonmarine Hindostan Whetstone Beds of Indiana

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A Middle Pennsylvanian (Bolsovian) peat-forming forest preserved in situ in volcanic ash of the Whetstone Horizon in the Radnice Bas...

同义词：millstone,grindstone,burstone

英语词源：

whetstone (n.)

Old English hwetstan; see whet + stone (n.).

造句：

1. Competition is the whetstone of talent.

竞争磨炼才能。

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2. A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.

要保持剑的锋利就得时时磨拭，要保持头脑灵光就得看书。

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3. "There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise" (Roger Ascham).

“没有一种东西能象赞扬一样磨砺机敏的智力，鼓励求智的愿望” （罗杰·阿斯克姆）。

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4. My brother has his sword, King Robert has his warhammer, and I have my mind… And a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.

我的兄弟有他的长剑、国王罗伯特有他的战锤，而我有的是脑子……头脑要阅读才能保持清醒，就像剑要磨才锋利一样。

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5. A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.

要保持剑的锋利就得时时磨拭，要保持头脑灵光就得看书。

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6. A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.

要保持剑的锋利就得时时磨拭，要保持头脑灵光就得看书。

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7. A fine - grained whetstone for giving a keen edge to a cutting tool.

细磨刀石纹理细密的磨刀，可使切削工具刀刃锋利

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8. A newly grinded whetstone

新发于硎

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9. There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise

没有一种东西能象赞扬一样磨砺机敏的智力，鼓励求智的愿望

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10. A fine - grained whetstone lubricated with oil, used for fine sharpening.

油石用油润滑过的细砂磨刀石，用于细磨

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11. The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone. --Gohn Lyly

最锐利的锋刃是从粗糙的磨刀石上磨出来的。——黎利

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12. sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone.

在磨石上磨擦使变尖锐。

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13. There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise(Roger Ascham.

没有一种东西能象赞扬一样磨砺机敏的智力，鼓励求智的愿望（罗杰 阿斯克姆）。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

14. whetstone holder

磨刀石架

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15. To sharpen on a fine-grained whetstone.

珩磨在细磨刀石上磨快

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16. There is no whetstone like praise, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learn.--Roger Ascham, British scholar and writer

在刺激智力发展和英国学者、作家阿斯卡姆

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