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

• 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。
• Inflation has whittled away the value of savings.
  通货膨胀降低了存款的价值。
• Whittled down the debt by making small payments.
  通过小额支付来削减债务。
• The types were made of pieces of wood that he had whittled out with his penknife.
  活字模是木块做的，是他用削笔刀刻出来的。
• Governments have whittled down the budget on subsidizing individual artists.
  政府逐渐减少了资助艺术家的预算。
• Two and a half years just whittled down to one tiny.
  两年半的恋情最后只剩下了。
• 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。
• Inflation has whittled away their savings.
  通货膨胀蚕食了他们的积蓄。
• 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。
• He whittled a new handle for his ax
  他给斧头削了一个新把手。