hone

v.磨炼(技能)

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
hone (noun)
- whetstone
hone (verb)
transitive verb
1.
to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone
2.
to make more acute, intense, or effective - whet helped her hone her comic timing Patricia Bosworth
hone (verb)
intransitive verb
1.
dialect - yearn often used with for or after
2.
dialect - grumble moan
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
hone (verb)
1.
to make sharp or sharper
SYNONYMS:
edge, grind, hone, stone, strop, whet
RELATED WORDS:
file
NEAR ANTONYMS:
buff, burnish, gloss, polish, round, smooth
blunt, dull
hone (verb)
2.
to make smooth by friction
SYNONYMS:
buff, file, hone, rasp, rub, sand
RELATED WORDS:
plane, scrape; sandblast, scour; burnish, dress, gloss, polish, shine, smooth; edge, hone, sharpen, strop, whet; regrind
NEAR ANTONYMS:
coarsen, rough (up), roughen, scuff
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