sharpened is sharpen's Past Tense

sharpen

US [ˈʃɑrpən]
UK [ˈʃɑː(r)pən]
  • v.磨尖；削尖；使锐利；使敏锐
  • Web尖锐的；加剧；磨快
Simple Present：sharpens  Present Participle：sharpening  Past Tense：sharpened  

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v.
1.
使锐利;使敏锐;磨练(才智等)
2.
加深;加重;加强(苦痛等);使剧烈;使尖锐
3.
磨锐利;磨快;磨尖;削尖;修尖(铅笔等)
4.
加辣
5.
【乐】使提高音调;使提高半音
6.
变锐利;变尖;变锋利;变尖锐;加剧
1.
使锐利;使敏锐;磨练(才智等)
2.
加深;加重;加强(苦痛等);使剧烈;使尖锐
3.
磨锐利;磨快;磨尖;削尖;修尖(铅笔等)
4.
加辣
5.
【乐】使提高音调;使提高半音
6.
变锐利;变尖;变锋利;变尖锐;加剧

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Definition:
AllAll,磨尖磨尖,削尖削尖,使锐利使锐利,使敏锐使敏锐,尖锐的尖锐的,加剧加剧,磨快磨快
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1.
" Li Bai laughed loudly: " How could such a thick rod be sharpened into a delicate embroidery needle?
李白大笑：“这么粗的铁杵怎么可能磨成那么细的绣花针呢？”
lǐ bái dà xiào : " zhè me cū de tiě chǔ zěn me kě néng mó chéng nà me xì de xiù huā zhēn ne ? "
www.myechinese.org
2.
hatchets , knives , bayonets , swords , all brought to be sharpened , were all red with it.
他们带来磨利的战斧短刀刺刀战刀也全都有殷红的血。
tā men dài lái mó lì de zhàn fǔ duǎn dāo cì dāo zhàn dāo yě quán dōu yǒu yān hóng de xuè 。
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3.
This makeshift knife is simply a piece of metal sharpened with a sandstone, but it may turn out to be extremely.
虽然是用沙滩岩石磨尖铁块做成的简易小刀，但它非常有用。
suī rán shì yòng shā tān yán shí mó jiān tiě kuài zuò chéng de jiǎn yì xiǎo dāo , dàn tā fēi cháng yǒu yòng 。
www.chinaavg.com
4.
It seems that they might have used sharpened stone tools to cut up the animals and remove their skin.
他们似乎是用锋利的石具割开动物，取走它们的皮。
tā men sì hū shì yòng fēng lì de shí jù gē kāi dòng wù , qǔ zǒu tā men de pí 。
m.anoah.com
5.
Ads, political campaigns, and spam have sharpened the art of persuasion and given it a quantitative edge.
广告、政治运动与垃圾邮件已经提高了我们说服的技术，并赋予它数量的优势。
guǎng gào 、 zhèng zhì yùn dòng yǔ lā jī yóu jiàn yǐ jīng tí gāo le wǒ men shuō fú de jì shù , bìng fù yǔ tā shù liàng de yōu shì 。
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6.
As a result of his finding the photograph, Marcial's senses seem to have sharpened.
由于他发现了那张照片，马西亚尔的感觉好像敏锐了。
yóu yú tā fā xiàn le nà zhāng zhào piàn , mǎ xī yà ěr de gǎn jué hǎo xiàng mǐn ruì le 。
article.yeeyan.org
7.
They set up a sharpened stake in the square beside the harbour, stripped the hapless hero naked and lowered him on to it.
土耳其人在码头旁边的广场上竖起了一根木桩，将这个倒霉的英雄剥得一丝不挂并把他置于桩上。
tǔ ěr qí rén zài mǎ tóu páng biān de guǎng chǎng shàng shù qǐ le yī gēn mù zhuāng , jiāng zhè ge dǎo méi de yīng xióng bāo de yì sī bú guà bìng bǎ tā zhì yú zhuāng shàng 。
norwegianwood.gaobo.org
8.
suppose you were to handle an item like this, couldn't you perhaps pick up vibrations from the person who sharpened the item. . .
假设你要处理这样的一件东西，难道你不能区分磨尖它的人…
jiǎ shè nǐ yào chǔ lǐ zhè yàng de yī jiàn dōng xi , nán dào nǐ bù néng qū fēn mó jiān tā de rén …
www.yappr.cn
9.
In the darkness of the night, if he sharpened it, it had the light of fire like fireworks displaying down into the water.
在黑黑的夜里，要是他在擦它，就迸出几许火星来，礼花般散落在水中。
zài hēi hēi de yè lǐ , yào shi tā zài cā tā , jiù bèng chū jǐ xǔ huǒ xīng lái , lǐ huā bān sàn luò zài shuǐ zhōng 。
blog.sina.com.cn
10.
Maradona enjoyed a honeymoon period at the start of his coaching reign before the knives began to be sharpened.
马拉多纳教练生涯初期，矛盾还未激化，他和媒体的关系度过了一段蜜月期。
mǎ lā duō nà jiào liàn shēng yá chū qī , máo dùn hái wèi jī huà , tā hé méi tǐ de guān xì dù guò le yí duàn mì yuè qī 。
article.yeeyan.org
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