sharpener — 영어 사전

명사

1. A device for making things sharp.

   예문

   There was a pencil sharpener at the front of the classroom.

2. That which makes something sharp.

   용법

   • 비유적 표현

   예문

   “Sir,” said the shepherd, “poverty is a great sharpener of the wits. […]

   더 많은 예문 (1)

   The snuff-box, knife, and chicken-bones were again in requisition, and a pen was successfully formed. The ink, or at least its substitute, was rather more difficult, but necessity is always a sharpener of intellect, and even this was accomplished.

3. An alcoholic drink taken at the start of the day, or just before a meal.

   용법

   • 비격식

   예문

   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.

   더 많은 예문 (1)

   And the new daycap has little in common with the stiff gin of the old-fashioned sharpener. Instead, it revolves around “spritz culture, mood-based cocktails, and small serves that tap into the sweet treat economy”.

명사

1. any implement that is used to make something (an edge or a point) sharper

   상위어

   implement

   예문

   a knife sharpener