whittle
英 ['wɪt(ə)l]
美 ['wɪtl]
- 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
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中文詞源
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 þwitan "to cut," from Proto-Germanic *thwit- (cognates: Old Norse þveita "to hew"), from PIE root *twei- "to agitate, shake, toss." Figurative sense is attested from 1746. Related: Whittled; whittling.
雙語例句
- 1. The president has agreed to whittle down his proposal.
- 總統已經同意減少他的提案。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I believe that the Government's general aim is to whittle away the Welfare State.
- 我認為政府總的目的是要削弱福利國家體製。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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的說服力以提出合理的質疑。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. They are trying to whittle down our salaries.
- 他們正著手削減我們的薪水.
來自辭典例句
- 5. He began to whittle away all powers of the government that he did not control.
- 他開始削弱他所未能控製的一切政府權力.
來自辭典例句