whets
v. (在石頭上)磨(刀、斧等)( whet的第三人稱單數 ); 引起,刺激(食慾、慾望、興趣等)
If someone or something whets your appetite for a particular thing, they increase your desire to have it or know about it, especially by giving you an idea of what it is like.
A really good catalogue can also whet customers' appetites for merchandise.
一份真正好的商品目錄也可以激起顧客購買的慾望。
...lectures he hopes might whet the appetite and keep students' enthusiasm.
他希望能激發學生們的興趣,保持他們的熱情的講座
Reading travel brochures whets one's appetite for a holiday.
看了旅遊手冊就巴不得去度假.
The decade whets sword, frost blade has never tried.
十年磨一劍, 霜刃未曾試.
This smell whets my appetite.
這個味道撩起了我的食慾.