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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

  • We then whittled it down to just a phone conversation, and that was turned down, too.
    我们然后只能把这段感情缩减到一个电话,但是最后连电话都取消了。
  • And if you've already whittled your TV watching down to just one or two favorite shows per week, consider exercising while you watch.
    如果你已经将看电视的时间减少到每周只看一两集喜欢的节目的话,可以考虑边看电视边运动。
  • I've whittled the shortlist down to six.
    我已把候选人名单削减为六人。
  • 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。
  • They whittled down the enemy's military and economic strength in a war of attrition.
    他们通过消耗战削弱敌人的军事和经济力量。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • This year China whittled down its list of crimes punishable by death.
    今年,中国也减少了死刑名单上的人数。
  • By half time Argentina had whittled the gap down to one goal.
    到半场结束时,阿根廷队已将差距缩小到了一球。