| 词汇 | whittling |
| 释义 | whittling present participle ofwhittle whittle verb[ T ] uk /ˈwɪt.əl/ us /ˈwɪt̬.əl/ to make something from a piece of wood by cutting off small, thin pieces: （用木头）削制，削成 An old sailor sat on the dockside, whittling a toy boat.一名老水手坐在码头边，用木头削制一只玩具船。 Building: carpentry & joinery beading bevel bevelled cabinetmaker carpenter fretsaw gimlet intarsia jigsaw joiner joinery mitre plane prime sand sandpaper sawdust seasoned shelve woodwork You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Cutting and stabbing Phrasal verbswhittle away at something whittle something down Examples of whittlingwhittling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Practising architecture is asking oneself questions, finding one's own answers with the help of the teacher, whittling down, finding solutions. The philosophy is easy-first parsing - we make the easy calls first, whittling away at the harder decisions in the process. From a distance, all of these efforts appear as whittling away at the bark of, say, an old growth trunk. Use-wear analysis provides evidence of bone/shell whittling and cutting in the front of the room and of whittling, cutting, and grooving on the room bench itself. We have no intention of whittling away that position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are we adequately provided with playgrounds, and if we are not, how can we justify this whittling down? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For most people, better industrial relations is more about improved co-operation, partnership and consultation than about court injunctions and whittling away some remaining employee rights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If ever there was a method of whittling down our traditional systems of collective bargaining, that was it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To describe that as a whittling away—although those exact words were not used, that was what was implied—is not accurate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have no intention of whittling away that positon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no whittling down of the £300 million by a penny. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is whittling down the value of the measure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Once you start to pick and choose between one establishment and another, you are whittling away the unity of the trade unionists in that strike. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The importer has to pay the same in the end, however much he might succeed in whittling down the price in bargaining with our suppliers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are exploring possible ways of reducing difficulties caused by the present restrictions without whittling away the fuel savings which they achieve. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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