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

• Sure, I bet he could, uh, whittle a private little dance floor for the two ofyou.
  当然，我打赌他能为你们俩做一个私人的舞台。
• Their resistance and boycott threat might instead be more of an effort to whittle down the markup that Rio Tinto is seeking in current contract negotiations.
  他们的反对和抵制威胁或许更是一种为打击力拓的涨价企图而采取的策略。
• 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？
• Whittle the stick down a bit more.
  把木棍再削细点儿。
• 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。
• 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。
• Sarah Whittle: Don't ever call me crazy, Alan!
  莎拉：永远不要叫我疯子，阿兰！
• 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。
• Just whittle it down, you know?
  把它简化一点？
• I believe that the Government's general aim is to whittle away the Welfare State
  我认为政府总的目的是要削弱福利国家体制。