sharpen

['ʃɑ:pən]

vt.使尖锐, 磨快, 加剧
vi.变尖锐

vt.

1. 削尖, 磨快

He neatly sharpened pencils.

他利索地将铅笔一支支削尖。

2. 使敏锐; 使敏捷

3. 加重; 加剧; 使尖锐

Cold weather sharpens the pain in my knee.

寒冷使我膝盖的疼痛加剧。

4. 使……的线条分明; 使……的轮廓清晰

5. 【音】使(音调)升半音

vi.

1. 变尖; 变锋利

Her voice sharpened as she became impatient.

她变得不耐烦了, 声音也变尖了。

2. 变得敏锐

3. 尖锐化, 急剧化

词形变化

名词: sharpener | 动词过去式: sharpened | 动词过去分词: sharpened | 动词现在分词: sharpening | 动词第三人称单数: sharpens |

词义辨析

同义:

v.磨, 磨快, 磨尖, 使锋利

put an edge on  make keen  point  tip  hone  strop  whet  grind  taper  edge  file  

同义参见:

file  inspire  

英英释义

动词 sharpen:

make sharp or sharper

make sharp or sharper

become sharp or sharper

put (an image) into focus

同义词：focus, focalize, focalise

make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper

raise the pitch of (musical notes)

give a point to

同义词：taper, point

make (one's senses) more acute

同义词：heighten

补充

sharpensharpen英:[ˈʃɑ:pən] 美:[ˈʃɑrpən]vt. & vi.1.(使)变锋利; 削尖, 磨快Knives can be sharpened by grinding them against a rough stone.刀能在一块粗石上磨快。

例句

1. You can sharpen your skills with rehearsal.排练可以让技巧更加纯熟。 2. The case has only served to sharpen the debate.这起案件只是激化了争论。 3. He started to sharpen his knife.他开始磨刀。 4. Her gaze sharpened, as if she had seen something unusual.她眼睛一亮, 仿佛看见了什么不寻常的事情。 5. With urbanisation the antagonism between rich and poor sharpened.伴随着城市化的推进, 贫富间的对立情绪也加剧了。 6. to sharpen a knife磨刀 7. to sharpen the cooperation加强合作 8. sharpening light令人目眩的光 9. to sharpen the law使法律更严厉 10. to sharpen one's observation使目光敏锐 11. to sharpen one's intentions进一步说明某人的意图 12. Exercise will give you a sharpening figure back.锻炼可以还你一个健美的体格。 13. the blade that sharpens锋利的刀刃 14. The bad condition is sharpening now.局势更加恶化了。 15. His wits sharpened even he's older.他年纪更老了，然而他的头脑变得更加敏锐了。 16. [withobj.]she sharpened her pencil.她削尖铅笔。 17. [noobj.]her tone sharpened to exasperation.她语调变尖，显出恼怒。 18. [noobj.]they've got to sharpen up in front of the goal.他们临门一脚还需要提高。 19. [withobj.]students will sharpen up their reading skills.学生们要改进他们的阅读技巧。 20. to sharpen a knife磨刀 21. The outline of the trees sharpened as it grew lighter.天越来越亮，树木的轮廓变得清晰了。 22. sharpen a knife/pencil磨刀；削铅笔 23. Can you sharpen the image?你能让图像更清晰吗？ 24. The lecture sharpened my understanding of the topic.讲座使我对这个题目有了更清晰的理解。 25. The outlines of the mountains sharpened as we got closer.我们走得更近时山的轮廓也更清晰了。 26. I took a course to sharpen (up) my computer skills.我专门修了一门课来提高我的计算机技能。 27. The pain suddenly sharpened.疼痛突然加剧了。 28. You'd better sharpen up if you want to keep your job.你要想保住工作，最好进一步提高自我。