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

• Sarah Whittle: You did just see three monkeys go by on a motorcycle; right?
  莎拉：你刚才正好看见一辆摩托车上有三头驴，是吧？
• 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。
• Your article is too long, try to whittle it away to half its length.
  你的文章太长了，要设法删减到原有长度的一半。
• A girl named Maxi went off to whittle a branch with a hunting knife.
  一个名叫马克西（Maxi）的女孩走到一边，拿着一把猎刀削起树枝来。
• Ultimately, Mr. Penn said, Uber wants to whittle Beijing's time down to five minutes.
  Penn称，Uber希望最终将北京客户的等待时间降至五分钟。
• 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 began to whittle away all powers of the government that he did not control.
  他开始削弱他所未能控制的一切政府权力。
• Other ways to whittle down banks are thinkable.
  另外一些削减银行的办法是值得考虑的。
• This can not only whittle the devils head of the latter, try various powerful weapons, kill the Japanese aggressors!
  这次可不仅仅是大刀向鬼子们的头上砍去了，试试各种强力的武器，干掉日本鬼子！
• Make this plug smaller for me, but don't whittle away too much.
  帮我把这个塞子弄小一点，但木头不要削掉太多。