| 釋義 |
whittle /'wit! US: 'hw-; 'hwitl/ vt, vi 1 [VP15B, 2C, 3A] ~ (sth) away, cut thin slices or strips off, eg wood; (fig) reduce. 削切或削修 (某物，如木材等); (喻) 削減; 逐漸減少：~刃砒 sth, cut at sth in this way: 削; 切： He was whittling at a piece of wood. 他正在削一塊木頭。 ~ sth down, reduce the size of by cutting away slices, etc; (fig) reduce the amount of: 削小; (廠) 削減 They won't dare to ~ down our salaries. 他們不敢減我們的薪。 2 [VP6A, 15A] make or shape by whittling: 削切成; 削制成： The boy ~d a whip handle from a branch/d a branch into a whip handle. 那個(gè)男孩把一根樹枝削成一個(gè)膜柄。 |