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。
• British consumers have enjoyed a decade of deflation as value retailers such as Primark and supermarkets have whittled away prices, while China's emergence as a manufacturing base brought the cheap clothing that has reshaped the high street.
  由于Primark等折扣零售商与超市不断削低价格，而中国崛起成为制造业基地带来了重塑大众市场的廉价服装，英国消费者享受了十年的价格下跌。
• 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。
• I've whittled the shortlist down to six.
  我已把候选人名单削减为六人。
• 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。
• Reuters reported earlier yesterday that the final shortlist has been whittled down to eight.
  路透社（Reuters）昨日早些时候报道称，最终入围名单已被减至8家。
• 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。
• 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。
• Whittled down the debt by making small payments.
  通过小额支付来削减债务。
• 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。