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

• The collaborators whittled these down to the 27 biggest events, so that there would be no ambiguity.
  科研人员们把这些归纳为27中影响最大的事件，因此也就不会出现不明确的地方。
• Inflation has whittled away their savings.
  通货膨胀蚕食了他们的积蓄。
• 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。
• Whittled down the debt by making small payments.
  通过小额支付来削减债务。
• Japanese inventories are being whittled back, shaving 0.3 percentage points off growth.
  日本正在大举削减库存减少了0.3个百分点的增幅。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。