whittle

英 [ˈwɪtl]

美 [ˈwɪtl]

v.  把(木头等)削成…

过去分词：whittled　过去式：whittled　现在分词：whittling　第三人称单数：whittles　复数：whittles　

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Collins.1 / BNC.18676 / COCA.15062

短语动词

短语用例

whittle sth↔away

• 削减，减少，降低（…的价值或数量）
  to make sth gradually decrease in value or amount
  1. He whittled a simple toy from the piece of wood.
     他把那块木头削成了一个简易的玩具。
  2. He whittled the piece of wood into a simple toy.
     他把那块木头削成了一个简易的玩具。

whittle sth↔down

• 减少，缩减（…的大小或数目）
  to reduce the size or number of sth

牛津词典

verb

• 把（木头等）削成…
  to form a piece of wood, etc. into a particular shape by cutting small pieces from it
  1. He whittled a simple toy from the piece of wood.
     他把那块木头削成了一个简易的玩具。
  2. He whittled the piece of wood into a simple toy.
     他把那块木头削成了一个简易的玩具。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 削(木头等)
  If youwhittlesomething from a piece of wood, you carve it by cutting pieces off the wood with a knife.
  1. He whittled a new handle for his ax...
     他给斧头削了一个新把手。
  2. Chitty sat in his rocking-chair whittling wood.
     奇蒂坐在摇椅上削着木头。

英英释义

verb

• cut small bits or pare shavings from
  1. whittle a piece of wood
  Synonym:pare

双语例句

• The recent election results have whittle away the government's power.
  最近的选举结果削弱了政府的权力。
• He whittled a new handle for his ax
  他给斧头削了一个新把手。
• Sarah Whittle: Don't ever call me crazy, Alan!
  莎拉：永远不要叫我疯子，阿兰！
• Whittle the stick down a bit more.
  把木棍再削细点儿。
• Don't whittle the stick down too much or it won't be long enough.
  别把那棍削得太多，不然就不够长了。
• I showed her how to whittle pegs from white-wood.
  我给她示范怎样将白木削成木栓。
• We whittle it down to two.
  慢慢地，我们又减少到了两项。
• Their approach is to whittle away at the evidence to show reasonable doubt.
  他们的做法是要削弱证据的说服力以提出合理的质疑。
• I think we'd better whittle down her schedule.
  我想我们最好削减一些她的日程计划。
• Eventually, users can whittle that fee down to nothing by tying their computers to The Pirate Bay's "cloud" network.
  不过，如果用户愿意把自己的电脑加入海盗湾的“云”计算网络，那么他们的月费就可以被减免。