sharpener

参见：Sharpener

英语

词源

sharpen +‎ -er

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈʃɑː(ɹ)pənə(ɹ)/

  • 音频 (英式)：

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名词

sharpener (复数 sharpeners)

1. 磨削器

   There was a pencil sharpener at the front of the classroom.

   教室前面有个削笔刀。

2. (比喻义) 使变明显、加强的事物
   • 1795, Hannah More, The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain

     “Sir,” said the shepherd, “poverty is a great sharpener of the wits. […]

   • 1872, Chambers's miscellany of instructive & entertaining tracts

     The snuff-box, knife, and chicken-bones were again in requisition, and a pen was successfully formed. The ink, or at least its substitute, was rather more difficult, but necessity is always a sharpener of intellect, and even this was accomplished.

3. (非正式) 起床后或饭前喝的酒

相关词汇

• sharp
• pencil sharpener

异序词

• resharpen