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

• Rainwear became so important to Burberry that the company soon whittled its lines down to little more than trench coats and tailored menswear for much of the20th century.
  防水衣对巴宝莉变得尤为重要，公司很快便削减了生产线，在20世纪的大部分时间里，几乎只生产风衣和定制男装。
• 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。
• Whittled down the debt by making small payments.
  通过小额支付来削减债务。
• This year China whittled down its list of crimes punishable by death.
  今年，中国也减少了死刑名单上的人数。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Sunday's results came on the heels of a Saturday release indicating that years of war had whittled away at Americans'support for the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  紧跟在星期六民调结果之后的星期天民调结果，显示了长达几年时间的战争已经极大的削弱了美国民众对伊拉克战争和阿富汗战争的支持度。