音标:['ʃɑ:pn] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
vt. 使尖锐, 使敏捷, 加重, 削尖
vi. 尖锐化, 变锋利
v. make sharp or sharper
v. make crisp or more crisp and precise
v. become sharp or sharper
v. make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper
词型变化:过去分词 : sharpened ; 现在分词 : sharpening ; 过去式 : sharpened ; 第三人称单数 : sharpens ; 名词复数形式 : sharpens
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sharpen的用法和样例:

例句

用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. My pencil is blunt, could you lend me a knife to sharpen it?我的铅笔钝了,你能借我把刀子削一削吗?
  2. Generations of urban living sharpened their wits.世代居住在城市里使他们磨练了才智。
  3. Strikes will sharpen the country's dilemma.罢工将加剧这个国家的困境。
用作不及物动词(vi.)
  1. The soldiers sharpened up their knives.战士们把刀磨得锋利。
  2. Jane voice sharpened as she became impatient.简变得不耐烦了,声音也变尖了。
  3. The debate sharpened considerably.辩论变得相当激烈。

词汇搭配

  • sharpen one's wits增长才智
  • sharpen one's knife for someone准备惩罚某人...

经典引文

  • Sharpening the curved blade with professional sweeps of the whetstone.

    出自:A. Higgins
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