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

• Governments have whittled down the budget on subsidizing individual artists.
  政府逐渐减少了资助艺术家的预算。
• 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。
• By half time Argentina had whittled the gap down to one goal.
  到半场结束时，阿根廷队已将差距缩小到了一球。
• 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。
• I've whittled the shortlist down to six.
  我已把候选人名单削减为六人。
• 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。
• He whittled a new handle for his ax
  他给斧头削了一个新把手。
• 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。
• We then whittled it down to just a phone conversation, and that was turned down, too.
  我们然后只能把这段感情缩减到一个电话，但是最后连电话都取消了。