名詞 hone:

1. a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors

動(dòng)詞 hone:

1. sharpen with a hone
2. make perfect or complete
   同義詞：perfect

1. God work wonders now and then; Behold, a lawyer an hone man.
   上帝時(shí)或會(huì)制造一些奇跡; 看啊，身為一名律師，居然還是老實(shí)人！
2. My pen friend from Paris is coming to stay so I had better hone up on my French.
   我巴黎的筆友要來(lái)小住一段時(shí)間，因此我最好趕緊溫習(xí)一下法語(yǔ)。

hone

n.（名詞）
A fine-grained whetstone for giving a keen edge to a cutting tool.
細(xì)磨刀石：紋理細(xì)密的磨刀，可使切削工具刀刃鋒利
A tool with a rotating abrasive tip for enlarging holes to precise dimensions.
磨孔機(jī)：帶有可旋轉(zhuǎn)并有磨損力的尖頭的工具，可以把洞擴(kuò)大到精確的尺寸
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
honed,hon.ing,hones
To sharpen on a fine-grained whetstone.
珩磨：在細(xì)磨刀石上磨快
To perfect or make more intense or effective:
磨練，訓(xùn)練：使完美，使更強(qiáng)烈或有效：
例句：
a speaker who honed her delivery by long practice.
一個(gè)演講者通過(guò)長(zhǎng)期練習(xí)來(lái)磨練提高她的口才

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old English h3n [stone] * see kô-
源自 古英語(yǔ) h3n [石頭] *參見(jiàn) kô-

hone
hone 2

v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
honed,hon.ing,hones 【非正式用語(yǔ)】
To whine or moan.
咕嚕，抱怨
To hanker; yearn.
渴望；想念

來(lái)源：
Obsolete French hoigner
已廢法語(yǔ) hoigner
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
perhaps from hon [cry of discontent]
可能源自 hon [因不滿而大喊]