单词 | whittle |
释义 | whittle v.   1. tr. & (foll. by at) intr. pare (wood etc.) with repeated slicing with a knife.   2. tr. (often foll. by away, down) reduce by repeated subtractions. Etymology: var. of ME thwitel long knife f. OE thwitan to cut off |
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