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1. Oxford Dictionary

   whittle

   • IPA[ˈwɪtl]

   英式

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

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

2. • 釋義
   • 相關詞

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. carve (wood) into an object by repeatedly cutting small slices from it he was sitting at the tent door, whittling a piece of wood with a knife 同義詞 pare, shave, peel, cut, hew, ... 更多trim, carve, shape, model
   • ▪ carve (an object) from wood a set of chess pieces he had whittled himself
   • 2. reduce something in size, amount, or extent by a gradual series of steps the shortlist of fifteen was whittled down to five 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

   Whittle, Sir Frank

   • ph.
     (1907–96), English aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and inventor of the jet aircraft engine. ...

   Oxford Dictionary

   Whittle, Sir Frank

   • ph.
     (1907–96), English aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and inventor of the jet aircraft engine. ...

   Oxford American Dictionary

3. • 更多解釋

   whittle

   • IPA[ˈ(h)wid(ə)l]

   美式

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

   Oxford American Dictionary