| 单词 | whittle |
| 释义 | whittle —whittler, n. /hwit"l, wit"l/, v. , whittled, whittling, n. v.t. 1. to cut, trim, or shape (a stick, piece of wood, etc.) by carving off bits with a knife. 2. to form by whittling: to whittle a figure. 3. to cut off (a bit). 4. to reduce the amount of, as if by whittling; pare down; take away by degrees (usually fol. by down, away, etc.): to whittle down the company's overhead; to whittle away one's inheritance. v.i. 5. to whittle wood or the like with a knife, as in shaping something or as a mere aimless diversion: to spend an afternoon whittling. 6. to tire oneself or another by worrying or fussing. n. 7. Brit. Dial. a knife, esp. a large one, as a carving knife or a butcher knife. [1375-1425; late ME (n.), dial. var. of thwitel knife, OE thwit(an) to cut + -el -LE] |
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