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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   whittle

   • IPA[ˈ(h)wid(ə)l]

   美式

   • v.
     carve (wood) into an object by repeatedly cutting small slices from it.；carve (an object) from wood by repeatedly cutting small slices from it.

   • verb: whittle, 3rd person present: whittles, gerund or present participle: whittling, past tense: whittled, past participle: whittled

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. carve (wood) into an object by repeatedly cutting small slices from it. 同義詞 pare, shave, peel, cut, hew, ... 更多trim, carve, shape, model
   • ▪ carve (an object) from wood by repeatedly cutting small slices from it.
   • ▪ reduce something in size, amount, or extent by a gradual series of steps the short list of fifteen was whittled down to five the censors had whittled away at the racy dialogue 同義詞 erode, wear away, eat away, consume, use up, ... 更多reduce, diminish, undermine, weaken, threaten, sabotage, subvert, compromise, destroy, impair, mar, spoil, ruin, impede, hinder, damage, hurt, injure, cripple, disable, enfeeble, emasculate, sap, shake, break, crush, reduce, cut down, cut back, cut, prune, trim, slim down, pare down, salami-slice, shrink, make cutbacks in, lessen, decrease, diminish, make reductions in, scale down反義詞 increase, augment