🇬🇧🇨🇳 sharpener - 卷笔刀 : English Lesson

Meaning of "sharpener" ("卷笔刀"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A sharpener is a small tool you use to shave off the wood on a pencil so its tip becomes nice and pointy again for writing and drawing.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

My pencil went into the sharpener as a boring stick and came out a powerful math sword.

The sharpener got so hungry during math class that it ate half the pencils in the room.

The tiny sharpener is like a wood-chomping monster that only eats pencils for lunch.

The classroom sharpener is so popular that our pencils wait in line like they’re at a theme park ride.

The first pencil sharpeners were invented in the 1800s, before that people actually used knives to sharpen pencils.

Her pencil snapped; she held the dull stub and searched. A small sharpener on the desk made a soft clack as she turned the pencil. The first sharpener jammed; she shook the jammed sharpener. She found another sharpener in her bag, turned it, and the point came back. She grinned, pencil ready, the last sharpener tucked away.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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