| 单词 | whittle |
| 释义 | whittle (hwɪtəl ) Word forms: whittles , whittling , whittled verb If you whittle something from a piece of wood, you carve it by cutting pieces off the wood with a knife. He whittled a new handle for his ax. [VERB noun] Chitty sat in his rocking-chair whittling wood. [VERB noun] Synonyms: carve, cut, hew [old-fashioned], shape Phrasal verbs: whittle away phrasal verb To whittle away something or whittle away at it means to gradually make it smaller, weaker, or less effective. They have slowly whittled away the opposition. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Their approach is to whittle away at the evidence to show reasonable doubt. [VERB PARTICLE + at] whittle down phrasal verb To whittle down a group or thing means to gradually make it smaller. He had whittled eight interviewees down to two. [VERB noun PARTICLE + to] By September, they will have whittled the list down to a winner. [V n P to/from num/n] The president has agreed to whittle down his proposal. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Translations: Chinese: 削 木头 Japanese: 木を削って作る |
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