sharpener

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A device for making things sharp.
    — There was a pencil sharpener at the front of the classroom.
  2. That which makes something sharp. figuratively
    — “Sir,” said the shepherd, “poverty is a great sharpener of the wits. […]
  3. An alcoholic drink taken at the start of the day, or just before a meal. informal
    — The summery G&T somehow loses its clink-clink-fizz perfection as an after-work sharpener and just seems to rub our noses in the dank gloom ahead.

词形变化

sharpeners plural

词汇关系

衍生词
pencil sharpener
相关词
sharp

词源

Etymology tree
English sharpen
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English sharpener
From sharpen + -er.
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