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WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: | 主要翻译 | | whittle⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | literal (carve wood) (本义) | 削，切，雕刻（木头）
| | whittle [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (statue: carve) (雕塑) | 刻削
| | | The sculptor whittled the stone with a chisel. | | whittle⇒ viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (carve, sculpt wood) (本义) | 削木头，将木头雕成形
| | | Alan took a knife from his pocket and whittled at the end of his pencil. |
WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: | 复合形式： | | whittle [sth] down vtr phrasal sepphrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game." | figurative (cut, reduce) | 削减
xuē jiǎn | | | | 削弱
xuē ruò | | | | 逐渐减少
zhú jiàn jiǎn shǎo | | | | 逐渐降低
| | whittle [sth] down to [sth] v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | figurative (cut, reduce to [sth]) | 将...削减至
| | | | 将...削弱至
| | | | 将...逐渐减少至
| | | | 将...逐渐降低至
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Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011: whittle ['wItl] vt ▶ to whittle sth down/away 削减(減)/消耗某物 xuējiǎn/xiāohào mǒuwù |