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

• 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。
• More than 70,000 people voted in the first round to whittle it down to a shortlist of 10 and members of the public now have six weeks to choose which British bird they would like to see represent the country, he said.
  他说，超过7万民众参与了第一轮投票，海选过后得出十个最终候选鸟，在接下来的六周里，民众就要选出哪种鸟最能代表英国。
• 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。
• 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 president has agreed to whittle down his proposal.
  总统已经同意减少他的提案。
• 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！
• 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。
• Just whittle it down, you know?
  把它简化一点？
• 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。
• 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。