whittled是什么意思？

whittled

• v. 切，削（木头），使逐渐变小( whittle的过去式和过去分词 )；

例句

• The government’s majority has been whittled down to eight. 政府多数票减少到了八票。
• Our lead (= in a sports competition, for example) was being gradually whittled away. 我们的领先优势在逐渐削弱。
• Our lead ( = in a sports competition , for example ) was being gradually whittled away. 我们的领先优势在逐渐削弱.
• 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。
• 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。
• He whittled a new handle for his ax... 他给斧头削了一个新把手。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  削(木头等)
  If you whittle something from a piece of wood, you carve it by cutting pieces off the wood with a knife.
  例句
  He whittled a new handle for his ax... 他给斧头削了一个新把手。 Chitty sat in his rocking-chair whittling wood. 奇蒂坐在摇椅上削着木头。