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。
• And if you've already whittled your TV watching down to just one or two favorite shows per week, consider exercising while you watch.
  如果你已经将看电视的时间减少到每周只看一两集喜欢的节目的话，可以考虑边看电视边运动。
• Reuters reported earlier yesterday that the final shortlist has been whittled down to eight.
  路透社（Reuters）昨日早些时候报道称，最终入围名单已被减至8家。
• We've whittled down a mass of evidence and produced two clear leads.
  我们清理了一大堆证据，理出了两个清晰的线索。
• One of his legs was gone at the knee and to the stump was fitted a roughly whittled wooden peg.
  他有一条腿被平膝截掉了，马马虎虎地装上了一段木头。
• British consumers have enjoyed a decade of deflation as value retailers such as Primark and supermarkets have whittled away prices, while China's emergence as a manufacturing base brought the cheap clothing that has reshaped the high street.
  由于Primark等折扣零售商与超市不断削低价格，而中国崛起成为制造业基地带来了重塑大众市场的廉价服装，英国消费者享受了十年的价格下跌。
• 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。
• To give the wooden beams an aged look, she whittled them down before varnishing them.
  为了让木梁一岁看，她削弱他们面前上光下来。
• 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。
• Before he knows it, he has whittled his stick down to a toothpick, which snaps in his hands.
  他不知不觉把那块木头削得像牙签一样细，在他的手中折断了。