| 词汇 | whittle |
| 释义 | whittleUK:*/ˈhwɪtəl/US:/ˈhwɪtəl, ˈwɪtəl/ ,(hwit′l, wit′l)UK-RP:UK-Yorkshire:Irish:Scottish:Australian:Jamaican: 主要翻译 whittle [sth] vtr (carve: wood) (木头等)削，切，雕刻Ron showed me how to whittle a twig into a whistle. whittle [sth] vtr (carve: [sth] from wood) (雕塑)刻削，雕刻My grandfather whittles farm animals out of balsa wood. whittle vi (carve, sculpt wood)削木头，雕木Matthew likes to whittle using a pocket knife. 动词短语 whittle [sth] away vtr phrasal sep figurative (reduce, eliminate)逐渐削减，慢慢削弱 whittle away at [sth] vtr phrasal insep figurative (reduce)逐渐消减 whittle [sth] down vtr phrasal sep figurative (cut, reduce)削减；削弱；逐渐减少；逐渐降低 复合形式： whittle [sth] down to [sth] v expr figurative (cut, reduce to [sth])将...削减至；将...削弱至；将...逐渐减少至；将...逐渐降低至 |
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