whittle
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they whittle | |
| he / she / it whittles | |
| past simple whittled | |
| past participle whittled | |
| -ing form whittling |
to form a piece of wood, etc. into a particular shape by cutting small pieces from it 把（木头等）削成… - whittle A (from B)
He whittled a simple toy from the piece of wood. 他把那块木头削成了一个简易的玩具。 - whittle B (into A)
He whittled the piece of wood into a simple toy. 他把那块木头削成了一个简易的玩具。
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from dialect whittle ‘knife’.- whittle A (from B)