whittling是什么意思？

whittling

• v. 切，削（木头），使逐渐变小( whittle的现在分词 )；

例句

• He is whittling down the branch with a knife to make a handle for his hoe. 他在用刀削树枝做一把锄头柄.
• Inflation has been whittling away their savings. 通货膨胀使他们的积蓄不断减少.
• Chitty sat in his rocking-chair whittling wood. 奇蒂坐在摇椅上削着木头。

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。