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.- 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。
- He whittled a new handle for his ax...
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。 - Two and a half years just whittled down to one tiny.
两年半的恋情最后只剩下了。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - To give the wooden beams an aged look, she whittled them down before varnishing them.
为了让木梁一岁看,她削弱他们面前上光下来。 - 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。