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

• I've whittled the shortlist down to six.
  我已把候选人名单削减为六人。
• 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。
• 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。
• Inflation has whittled away their savings.
  通货膨胀蚕食了他们的积蓄。
• 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 pencil has been whittled away to a mere stump.
  铅笔已削的只剩下一个笔头了。
• 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。
• Once we had whittled down the required reviewer list, we could afford to give each respondent one-on-one attention.
  一旦我们减少了所需的复审员名单，我们会注意到每个复审员的反馈。
• 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。
• The capacity overhang has been quickly whittled down in major industrial sectors, they wrote in a recent report.
  主要工业部门的过剩产能一直在快速减少，他们在最近的一份报告中写道。