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whittle

/ˈwɪt.əl/

翻译: 指用刀削木头,一点一点切掉薄片以使其成形;也比喻逐步削减或缩减某事物。

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词语关系

verb

/ˈwɪt.əl/C1formal
  • zh指用刀削木头,一点一点切掉薄片以使其成形;也比喻逐步削减或缩减某事物。

A verb used to describe the act of carving or shaping wood by cutting small, thin pieces off, or metaphorically, to gradually reduce something.

  1. Carve woodB2formal

    To cut small bits or pare shavings from a piece of wood, typically with a knife, to shape it.

    zh削木头

    • He whittled a small bird from a block of pine.
    • She spent the afternoon whittling a wooden whistle.
    • The old man whittled a walking stick from a branch.

    同义词carvecutfashionhewpareshapeshavetrim

  2. Reduce graduallyB2formal

    To gradually reduce or diminish something, such as costs, time, or resources.

    zh逐步削减

    • The company whittled down its expenses over several months.
    • We need to whittle the list of candidates to just three.
    • He whittled away at the problem until he found a solution.

    同义词cutdecreasediminisherodelessenparereducescale downshavetrim

    反义词amplifyaugmentboostenlargeexpandgrowincrease

词形
  • whittled past participle
  • whittled past simple
  • whittling present participle
  • whittles third person singular

短语动词变体whittle awaywhittle down

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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