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whittle
- IPA[ˈ(h)wid(ə)l]
美式
- 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
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. carve (wood) into an object by repeatedly cutting small slices from it. 同義詞
- ▪ 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 反義詞