whittle
美音:[´wıtəl
]
英音:[´wıtəl
]
v.切,削,削减,损害 n.切肉用大刀,屠刀
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whittle为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:whittler 动词过去式:whittled 过去分词:whittled 现在分词:whittling 第三人称单数:whittles
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cut incise saw snip nib nip cleave rive rend slit split splinter chip crack snap break tear burst rend rend asunder wrench rupture shatter crunch chop cut up rip up hack hew slash whittle lacerate mangle gash hash slice cut up dissect anatomize take to pieces disintegrate dismember disband disperse dislocate disjoin break up mince pulverize apportion
whittle
/'wɪtl; [US] 'hwɪ-; `hwɪtl/
v
1 (a) [Ipr, Tn] ~ (at) sth cut thin slices or strips off (wood, etc) 削（木头等）.
(b) [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ A (from B); ~ B (into A) make or shape (sth) by doing this 削成（某物）
*whittling a tent-peg from a branch/a branch into a tent-peg 把树枝削成帐篷钉.
2 (phr v) whittle sth away gradually remove or decrease sth 逐渐削减某事物
*Inflation has whittled away their savings. 通货膨胀蚕食了他们的积蓄. whittle sth down
(a) make sth thinner by cutting off fine slices with a knife 用刀将某物削薄.
(b) reduce the size of sth gradually 逐渐减少某事物
*The number of employees is being whittled down in order to reduce costs. 为节省开支现正逐渐裁员.
v
1 (a) [Ipr, Tn] ~ (at) sth cut thin slices or strips off (wood, etc) 削（木头等）.
(b) [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ A (from B); ~ B (into A) make or shape (sth) by doing this 削成（某物）
*whittling a tent-peg from a branch/a branch into a tent-peg 把树枝削成帐篷钉.
2 (phr v) whittle sth away gradually remove or decrease sth 逐渐削减某事物
*Inflation has whittled away their savings. 通货膨胀蚕食了他们的积蓄. whittle sth down
(a) make sth thinner by cutting off fine slices with a knife 用刀将某物削薄.
(b) reduce the size of sth gradually 逐渐减少某事物
*The number of employees is being whittled down in order to reduce costs. 为节省开支现正逐渐裁员.
whittle
v
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: whittle 'large knife' (15-19 centuries), from thwittle (14-19 centuries), from thwite 'to whittle' (11-19 centuries), from Old English thwitan]
alsowhittle down [T]
to gradually make something smaller by taking parts away
We need to whittle down the list of guests for the party.
[I and T]
to cut a piece of wood into a particular shape by cutting off small pieces with a knife
→carve
whittle awayphr v
to gradually reduce the amount or effectiveness of something, especially something that you think should not be reduced
whittle sth⇔away
The museum is worried that government funding will be whittled away.
whittle away at
Congress is whittling away at our freedom of speech.
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: whittle 'large knife' (15-19 centuries), from thwittle (14-19 centuries), from thwite 'to whittle' (11-19 centuries), from Old English thwitan]
alsowhittle down [T]
to gradually make something smaller by taking parts away
We need to whittle down the list of guests for the party.
[I and T]
to cut a piece of wood into a particular shape by cutting off small pieces with a knife
→carve
whittle awayphr v
to gradually reduce the amount or effectiveness of something, especially something that you think should not be reduced
whittle sth⇔away
The museum is worried that government funding will be whittled away.
whittle away at
Congress is whittling away at our freedom of speech.
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