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

• I've whittled the shortlist down to six.
  我已把候选人名单削减为六人。
• The pencil has been whittled away to a mere stump.
  铅笔已削的只剩下一个笔头了。
• 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。
• Rainwear became so important to Burberry that the company soon whittled its lines down to little more than trench coats and tailored menswear for much of the20th century.
  防水衣对巴宝莉变得尤为重要，公司很快便削减了生产线，在20世纪的大部分时间里，几乎只生产风衣和定制男装。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The collaborators whittled these down to the 27 biggest events, so that there would be no ambiguity.
  科研人员们把这些归纳为27中影响最大的事件，因此也就不会出现不明确的地方。