whittle

🇺🇸 /ˈwɪtl/ 🇬🇧 /ˈwɪtl/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP20000
verb
R

to shape something, like wood, by cutting away small pieces

He whittled a small statue from the block of wood.

translation

v. to shape something, like wood, by cutting away small pieces

Word Forms

3rd Present whittles
Past whittled
Perfect whittled
Progressive whittling

Synonyms

curtail v. 减少 pare v. 剥去, 减少, 修剪 drop v. 不小心掉落, 故意丢下, 累倒, 下降, 输掉, 向下看, 陡降, 停车放下, 发消息, 拖放, 省略, 断绝关系, 停止, 暗示, 发布, 漏针 clip n. 片段, 夹子, 别针, 修剪, 轻拍, 弹夹 cut v. 用利器刺穿或造成伤口, 切割分开, 剪短, 切除, 裁剪制作, 能切割, 易切割, 削减, 割断解救, 剪裁款式, 切掉, 剪切, 打断, 断绝, 剪辑, 喊停, 切换镜头, 逃课, 伤害感情, 切牌, 相交, 长牙, 录制, 掺假

Antonyms

elongate v. 拉长 dilate v. 扩大 lengthen v. 使变长 prolong v. 延长 inflate v. 充气, 夸大, 抬高 swell v. 膨胀, 凸起, 增长, 增强, 情绪高涨 extend v. 延长, 扩展, 包含, 跨越, 伸展, 提供, 竭尽全力 supplement n. 补充物, 副刊, 附录, 附加费 add v. 添加, 相加, 补充说, 赋予特色

Similar Words

whistle n. 哨子, 哨声, 口哨声, 呼啸声, 汽笛 while conj. 在...的同时, 但是, 尽管 white adj. 白色, 白种人的, 苍白的, 加奶的