whet
(感覚や欲求を)刺激する、興奮させる、to make keen or eager; stimulate
synonyms
- arouse, provoke, stimulate, turn on
一般例文
- to whet the appetite : 食欲をそそる
- That one kiss had whetted his appetite.
英字新聞からの例文
- 引用元 : New York Times (by Thomas L. Friedman) - Everyone Is Going All the Way (2018/02)
Alas, though, all of this wind has whetted the appetite of Israel’s settlers and ruling Likud Party to go to extremes.