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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The pencil has been whittled away to a mere stump.
  铅笔已削的只剩下一个笔头了。
• 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。
• 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。
• He had whittled eight interviewees down to two
  他已经逐渐将参加面试的人数由8人减少到2人。
• 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。
• By September, they will have whittled the list down to a winner
  9月之前他们会从名单中确定出最后的赢家。
• Inflation has whittled away their savings.
  通货膨胀蚕食了他们的积蓄。