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whittle

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v.切,削,削减,损害 n.切肉用大刀,屠刀

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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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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.

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.