whittling
present participle ofwhittle
| 单词 | whittling |
| 释义 | whittling present participle ofwhittle whittle verb[T] uk/ˈwɪt.əl/us/ˈwɪt̬.əl/to make something from apieceofwoodbycuttingoffsmall,thinpieces: Anoldsailorsaton thedockside, whittling atoyboat. Building: carpentry & joinery
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Cutting and stabbing Phrasal verbswhittle away atsomething whittlesomethingdown Examplesofwhittlingwhittling 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,whittlingdown, finding solutions. From theCambridge English Corpus The philosophy is easy-first parsing - we make the easy calls first,whittlingaway at the harder decisions in the process. From theCambridge English Corpus From a distance, all of these efforts appear aswhittlingaway at the bark of, say, an old growth trunk. From theCambridge English Corpus Use-wear analysis provides evidence of bone/shellwhittlingand cutting in the front of the room and of whittling, cutting, and grooving on the room bench itself. From theCambridge English Corpus We have no intention ofwhittlingaway that position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Are we adequately provided with playgrounds, and if we are not, how can we justify thiswhittlingdown? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 For most people, better industrial relations is more about improved co-operation, partnership and consultation than about court injunctions andwhittlingaway some remaining employee rights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If ever there was a method ofwhittlingdown our traditional systems of collective bargaining, that was it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 To describe that as awhittlingaway—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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have no intention ofwhittlingaway that positon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is nowhittlingdown of the £300 million by a penny. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It iswhittlingdown the value of the measure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Once you start to pick and choose between one establishment and another, you arewhittlingaway the unity of the trade unionists in that strike. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The importer has to pay the same in the end, however much he might succeed inwhittlingdown the price in bargaining with our suppliers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are exploring possible ways of reducing difficulties caused by the present restrictions withoutwhittlingaway the fuel savings which they achieve. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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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