V-T If you whittle something from a piece of wood, you carve it by cutting pieces off the wood with a knife. 削 (木头)
He whittled a new handle for his ax.
他为自己的斧头削了一个新斧柄。
But Russia has spent the past months whittling away the proposed list.
而俄罗斯过去数月一直在削减提出的制裁清单。
Besides whittling my three Numbers down to one, Voice offers free text messaging online.
语音服务除了将我的三个号码合并成一个之外,还提供了免费在线短信功能。
I assume that some people feel this way about painting and others about knitting or whittling or even cutting and pasting.
我猜想,一些人认为绘画会带来这样的感受,而另一些人认为编织,剪裁也能带来同样的体会。
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