whittled
削尖的,削尖了的,削减的,削减了的
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whit·tled, whit·tling.
- : to cut, trim, or shape by carving off bits with a knife.
- : to form by whittling: to whittle a figure.
- : to cut off.
- : to reduce the amount of, as if by whittling; pare down; take away by degrees: to whittle down the company's overhead; to whittle away one's inheritance.
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whit·tled, whit·tling.
- : to whittle wood or the like with a knife, as in shaping something or as a mere aimless diversion: to spend an afternoon whittling.
- : to tire oneself or another by worrying or fussing.
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- : British Dialect. a knife, especially a large one, as a carving knife or a butcher knife.
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Examples
A list of 400 disagreements over the document has been whittled down to just two.
With Thriller, we took 800 songs and whittled them down to nine.
And if the oligarchs around him, whom he helped create, see their billions of dollars whittled down a bit?
By the time the House and Senate agreed to a farm bill last month, that was whittled down to $8.7 billion over 10 years.
Eventually the producers whittled the group down to the four "pirates" in the film.
Then he took the white bits of wood which had been under the bark and he whittled away at the ends.
Out came the magic knife and he whittled away at the little sticks; whittled and whistled and smiled all the time.
And as the Toyman whittled sometimes he whistled, and sometimes he sang a funny song in a funny voice.
As for Ren, he sat on the single doorstep and whittled pegs on which to hang his rifle inside the door.
On the surface they were of a greenish hue, but when whittled with a knife their true character appeared.