whittle away
短语削减, 减少, 降低（…的大小、重要性或价值）
词形变化
whittles away
三单
whittling away
现在分词
whittled away
过去式
whittled away
过去分词
释义与例句
v.
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1.不及物 及物
what little remained of his self-confidence was slowly whittling away