| 单词 | whittle |
| 释义 | Related topics: Craftswhit·tle /ˈwɪtl/ verb 1 REDUCE (also whittle down) [transitive] to gradually make something smaller by taking parts away 逐步减少，削弱；缩减 We need to whittle down the list of guests for the party. 我们需要缩减聚会的客人名单。2. TICCUT[intransitive, transitive] to cut a piece of wood into a particular shape by cutting off small pieces with a knife 削(木头) → carve3 whittle away phrasal verb REDUCEto gradually reduce the amount or effectiveness of something, especially something that you think should not be reduced 削减，减少whittle something ↔ away The museum is worried that government funding will be whittled away. 博物馆担心政府拨款将会被削减。 at Congress is whittling away at our freedom of speech. 国会正在逐步剥夺我们的言论自由。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuswhittle• He took out his penknife and began whittling a piece of wood.• The village was, as she had thought, a dump, where time was whittled away in some vintage manner.• Visitors can even whittle away time at the airport's 143 shops and 23 eateries while awaiting flights.• The list of candidates has been whittled down from 61 to 12.• Many of the recent suggestions for change have sought to whittle down that authority.• This is good because it allows you to whittle down those superior numbers.• That whittled the field down from the white pages of the Paris phone book.• Red and Roy whittle the lead back down to nine.Origin whittle (1500-1600) whittle “large knife” ((15-19 centuries)), from thwittle ((14-19 centuries)), from thwite “to whittle” ((11-19 centuries)), from Old English thwitanwhit·tle verbChineseSyllable Corpus smaller by to make gradually something |
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