whittle away

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To drain away; to wear down or be slowly worn down. intransitive,transitive
    — what little remained of his self-confidence was slowly whittling away

词形变化

whittles away present,singular,third-person whittling away participle,present whittled away participle,past whittled away past
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