| 释义 |
whittle /'wit! US: 'hw-; 'hwitl/ vt, vi 1 [VP15B, 2C, 3A] ~ (sth) away, cut thin slices or strips off, eg wood; (fig) reduce. 削切或削修 (某物，如木材等); (喻) 削减; 逐渐减少：~刃砒 sth, cut at sth in this way: 削; 切： He was whittling at a piece of wood. 他正在削一块木头。 ~ sth down, reduce the size of by cutting away slices, etc; (fig) reduce the amount of: 削小; (厂) 削减 They won't dare to ~ down our salaries. 他们不敢减我们的薪。 2 [VP6A, 15A] make or shape by whittling: 削切成; 削制成： The boy ~d a whip handle from a branch/d a branch into a whip handle. 那个男孩把一根树枝削成一个膜柄。 |