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whittled

英 [ˈwɪtld]

美 [ˈwɪtld]

v.  把(木头等)削成…
whittle的过去分词和过去式

过去式:whittled 

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。

双语例句

  • He had whittled eight interviewees down to two
    他已经逐渐将参加面试的人数由8人减少到2人。
  • The collaborators whittled these down to the 27 biggest events, so that there would be no ambiguity.
    科研人员们把这些归纳为27中影响最大的事件,因此也就不会出现不明确的地方。
  • Rainwear became so important to Burberry that the company soon whittled its lines down to little more than trench coats and tailored menswear for much of the20th century.
    防水衣对巴宝莉变得尤为重要,公司很快便削减了生产线,在20世纪的大部分时间里,几乎只生产风衣和定制男装。
  • So we've now whittled this problem down into half and so we can literally and dramatically throw half of the problem away.
    如此一来,我们就把这个问题简化了一半,我们可以大胆的扔掉另一半。
  • We've whittled down a mass of evidence and produced two clear leads.
    我们清理了一大堆证据,理出了两个清晰的线索。
  • Once we had whittled down the required reviewer list, we could afford to give each respondent one-on-one attention.
    一旦我们减少了所需的复审员名单,我们会注意到每个复审员的反馈。
  • The capacity overhang has been quickly whittled down in major industrial sectors, they wrote in a recent report.
    主要工业部门的过剩产能一直在快速减少,他们在最近的一份报告中写道。
  • The pencil has been whittled away to a mere stump.
    铅笔已削的只剩下一个笔头了。
  • Before he knows it, he has whittled his stick down to a toothpick, which snaps in his hands.
    他不知不觉把那块木头削得像牙签一样细,在他的手中折断了。
  • Inflation has whittled away the value of savings.
    通货膨胀降低了存款的价值。