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whittle v.削(木头)；削减 (1) 别把木棍削成短的棍。(2) 他们正著手削减我们的薪水。(3) 更糟糕的是，资本市场仍然一片混乱，飞思卡尔在近期通过出售股票来削减债务压力的可能性也不大。 Whittle can also mean to reduce an amount or number of items. In this sense, it is commonly paired with the words away or down. A courtroom attorney might "whittle away" at a defendant's alibi until the truth emerges. You might "whittle down" a to-do list or "whittle away" at your student loan debt every month. But only a highly skilled wood carver can whittle a chunk of pine into that old salty dog with a yellow raincoat.

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英 ['wɪtl] 美 ['wɪtl] (1) Don't whittle the stick into a short one.(2) They are trying to whittle down our salaries.(3) Furthermore, with the equity markets still in turmoil, Freescale may not be able in the near future to whittle down its debts by selling shares to the public. To whittle is to pare or carve away. Wood carvers whittle pieces of wood, removing bit by bit until what's left is a sailor with a yellow raincoat or a lone wolf howling at the moon. 1[VERB 动词]削(木头等) If you whittle something from a piece of wood, you carve it by cutting pieces off the wood with a knife.   [V n]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。相关词组：whittle away whittle down

英语单词	whittle
英美音标	英 ['wɪtl] 美 ['wɪtl]
中文释义	v.削(木头)；削减
英语例句	(1) Don't whittle the stick into a short one. (2) They are trying to whittle down our salaries. (3) Furthermore, with the equity markets still in turmoil, Freescale may not be able in the near future to whittle down its debts by selling shares to the public.
中文例句	(1) 别把木棍削成短的棍。 (2) 他们正著手削减我们的薪水。 (3) 更糟糕的是，资本市场仍然一片混乱，飞思卡尔在近期通过出售股票来削减债务压力的可能性也不大。
vocabulary简明	To whittle is to pare or carve away. Wood carvers whittle pieces of wood, removing bit by bit until what's left is a sailor with a yellow raincoat or a lone wolf howling at the moon.
vocabulary扩展	Whittle can also mean to reduce an amount or number of items. In this sense, it is commonly paired with the words away or down. A courtroom attorney might "whittle away" at a defendant's alibi until the truth emerges. You might "whittle down" a to-do list or "whittle away" at your student loan debt every month. But only a highly skilled wood carver can whittle a chunk of pine into that old salty dog with a yellow raincoat.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]削(木头等) If you whittle something from a piece of wood, you carve it by cutting pieces off the wood with a knife. [V n] 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。相关词组： whittle away whittle down

Whittle Wood Carve Pieces Bit Yellow 英 Wɪtl] 美