Whittle
[ '(h)witl ]
出国 Abroad
v. 切，削（木头）;削弱;减少;
n. 屠刀;
📝 例句
Profits are whittled down by the ever-rising cost of energy.
能源成本的不断上升使利润下降。
Profit be whittle down by the ever - rising cost of energy
能源成本的不断上升使利润下降
whittle down a stick
一点一点地削细木棒
whittle away a fortune
耗费资财
He began to whittle away all powers of the government that he did not control.
他开始削弱他所未能控制的一切政府权力。
🌱 联想助记
【记】whit-一点儿,tle:一点儿一点儿的减少→逐渐减少
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
📖 牛津释义
whittle
v
1
(a) [Ipr, Tn]
~ (at) sth cut thin slices or strips off (wood, etc) 削（木头等）.
(b) [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ A (from B); ~ B (into A) make or shape (sth) by doing this 削成（某物）
whittling a tent-peg from a branch/a branch into a tent-peg 把树枝削成帐篷钉.
2 (phr v) whittle sth away gradually remove or decrease sth 逐渐削减某事物
Inflation has whittled away their savings. 通货膨胀蚕食了他们的积蓄. whittle sth down
(a) make sth thinner by cutting off fine slices with a knife 用刀将某物削薄.
(b) reduce the size of sth gradually 逐渐减少某事物
The number of employees is being whittled down in order to reduce costs. 为节省开支现正逐渐裁员.
🔁 扩展释义
*['hwitl]vt. 逐渐削薄, 削整, 削弱, 削减vi. 削木头n. 大刀, 屠刀
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I think we should leave the door open. it's boiling in there.
我觉得我们应该把大门敞着，屋里太热了。
I'm sorry, but I can't find the book you lent me.
很抱歉！我找不到你借给我的那本书了。
if you think what it must be like to share the deck of a ship with several squadrons of jet aircraft,
因此，如果你能想像出同在一个甲板上是什么滋味儿的话，和几个中队的喷气机。