whittle
英 ['w?t(?)l]
美 ['w?tl]
- vt. 削；削減；切；削弱
- vi. 削；削木頭；弄壞身體
- n. 屠刀
- n. (Whittle)人名；(英)惠特爾
助記提示
1. 威特刀 => 佛山市威特刀具有限公司。
中文詞源
whittle 削可能來(lái)自whet,磨，使鋒利。
英文詞源
- 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 twitan "to cut," from Proto-Germanic *thwit- (cognates: Old Norse tveita "to hew"), from PIE root *twei- "to agitate, shake, toss." Figurative sense is attested from 1746. Related: Whittled; whittling.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The president has agreed to whittle down his proposal.
- 總統(tǒng)已經(jīng)同意減少他的提案。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. I believe that the Government's general aim is to whittle away the Welfare State.
- 我認(rèn)為政府總的目的是要削弱福利國(guó)家體制。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Their approach is to whittle away at the evidence to show reasonable doubt.
- 他們的做法是要削弱證據(jù)的說(shuō)服力以提出合理的質(zhì)疑。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. They are trying to whittle down our salaries.
- 他們正著手削減我們的薪水.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. He began to whittle away all powers of the government that he did not control.
- 他開(kāi)始削弱他所未能控制的一切政府權(quán)力.
來(lái)自辭典例句
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