whittle
whittle 英 [ˈwɪtl] 美 [ˈhwɪtl, ˈwɪtl]
vt. 削；削减；切；削弱 vi. 削；削木头；弄坏身体 n. 屠刀
进行时:whittling 过去式:whittled 过去分词:whittled 第三人称单数:whittles 名词复数:whittles
- To whittle is to pare or carve away. Wood carvers whittle pieces of wood, removing bit by bit until what's left is a sailor with a yellow raincoat or a lone wolf howling at the moon.
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- vt. 削；削减；切；削弱
- vi. 削；削木头；弄坏身体
- n. 屠刀
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1. Don't whittle the stick into a short one.
别把木棍削成短的棍。
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2. China is also trying to whittle down iron-ore prices in talks with Rio and other suppliers.
中国还试图通过与力拓和其它供应商的谈判削减铁矿石的价格。
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3. It has no official status yet, and must be formally approved before negotiators can start to whittle it down.
该份草案尚不具备官方地位，并且在谈判开始之前，文本的削减必须获得正式批准。
- whittle (v.) 1550s, "to cut thin shavings from (something) with a knife," from Middle English whittel "a knife," especially a large one (c. 1400), variant of thwittle (late 14c.), from Old English þwitan "to cut," from Proto-Germanic *thwit- (source also of Old Norse þveita "to hew"), from PIE root *twei- "to agitate, shake, toss" (see seismo-). Figurative sense is attested from 1746. Related: Whittled; whittling.
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