0 to sharpen (a tool) by rubbing it on a grindstone or whetstone. -- mài sắc
1 to make (one’s appetite) keen -- kích thích
He assumed that our appetites had been whetted and it was clear that he hoped that he would be able to make a sale.
Our appetite has been whetted as we look forward to many further contributions from him in the days to come.
You hope that it will satisfy the appetite, but, unfortunately, as we know, it only whets that appetite.
His first speech has certainly whetted our appetite.
He has given us the first instalment and it has whetted our appetite.
My curiosity may be whetted, if not satisfied.
All that has happened is that its appetite has been whetted.
The public's appetite for them is increasingly evident, no doubt whetted by welfare considerations and the human health implications of some modern intensive practices.
