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单词 whittle
释义

whittle1 /(h)witˈl/

transitive verb
  1. To pare or cut with a knife
  2. To shape with a knife
  3. To diminish gradually (often with down, away)
  4. To lessen the force or scope of (with down, away)
intransitive verb
  1. To cut wood aimlessly
  2. To peach, or to confess at the gallows (obs sl)
  3. To fret (dialect)
noun

A clasp knife, sheath knife or other large knife

ORIGIN: ME thwitel, from OE thwītan to cut

whittˈler noun

whittˈling noun

whittle away at

  1. To pare or whittle
  2. To reduce, curtail or circumscribe little by little

whittle2 /(h)witˈl/ (dialect)

noun
  1. A woollen shawl
  2. A blanket
ORIGIN: OE hwītel a white mantle, from hwīt white
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