whittled的中文翻譯是什麼意思
whittled
/ˈhwɪtld/
v. 切，削（木頭），使逐漸變小( whittle的過去式和過去分詞 )
whittled的柯林斯釋義
VERB削(木頭等)
If you whittle something from a piece of wood, you carve it by cutting pieces off the wood with a knife.
He whittled a new handle for his ax...
他給斧頭削了一個新把手。
Chitty sat in his rocking-chair whittling wood.
奇蒂坐在搖椅上削著木頭。
whittled的場景例句
By September, they will have whittled the list down to a winner.
9月之前他們會從名單中確定出最後的贏家。
He had whittled eight interviewees down to two.
他已經逐漸將參加面試的人數由8人減少到2人。
Our lead ( = in a sports competition , for example ) was being gradually whittled away.
我們的領先優勢在逐漸削弱.
Profits are whittled down by the ever - rising cost of energy.
能源成本的不斷上升使利潤下降.
We whittled a wooden horse.
我們削成一匹木馬.