whittling

过去分词：

动词过去分词: whittled

更多词形：

名词: whittler | 动词过去式: whittled | 动词过去分词: whittled | 动词现在分词: whittling | 动词第三人称单数: whittles |

单词例句：

shape (stone or wood,for example) by whittling away at it

在（如，木头或者石头）上削使之成形

An innocent intimacy, enhanced by the way he was carving, like a boy whittling a stick.

他像一个男孩那样在修削木块，使这种亲密感觉更加显得单纯。

Nervous motion was turned productive, as it is in knitting or whittling.

紧张的动作变得有效率，就像缝纫和削木头。

Whittling away at oneself in a dream state is not unusual.Many people find themselves acquiring different forms of handicaps in dreams.

在梦中蚕食自己并非少见，许多人在梦中发现他们得到不同形式的残疾。

Andrew especially liked to follow the stream back to a flat rock, where he would sit, whittling and thinking.

安德鲁尤其喜欢沿着小溪走到一块平滑的石块那儿坐下来，边削树枝边沉思。

By whittling off unwanted parts, the car's performance will be brought into full play.

削去累赘的部分能最大限度地提高该汽车的性能。

The mere thought can conjure up ideas of hand-cranking appliances and whittling your own kitchen table.

不经意间的想法能让人想到手摇装置，使你的橱房餐桌面积逐渐变小。

Come back to it and make it more beautiful by whittling away the unnecessary.

重新开始，将繁缛的细节去掉，使作品更加完美。

Globalisation, far from whittling away the state, has often ended up boosting it.

全球化远未削弱政府，反而常是强化了政府作用。