| 释义 |
whittle/ˈwit(ə)l/v. 1 tr. & (foll. by 后跟 at) intr. pare (wood etc.) with repeated slicing with a knife (用刀)削(木头等) 2 tr. (often foll. by 常后跟 away, down) reduce by repeated subtractions 削减；削弱 [variant of Middle English thwitel ‘long knife’ from Old English thwītan ‘to cut off’] |