whittle

whittle

英音 ['wɪtl] 美音 [ˈhwɪtl:, ˈwɪtl:]

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基本翻译或解释：

v. 切，削（木头）；削弱；减少
n. 屠刀

词源相关：

第三人称单数： whittles过去式： whittled过去分词： whittled现在分词： whittling易混淆的单词： Whittle

详细解释：

whittle 削 可能来自whet,磨，使锋利。

用法与例句：

Whittle will tell you that his project breaks no new scientific ground .

惠特尔将告诉你，他的项目不会有背新的科学基础。

Even more gratifying than the 2600 applications to attend avenues were the 4900 applications it received to teach there , says mr whittle .

惠特尔说，比学校收到的2600份入学申请更让人骄傲的是它收到了4900份教师求职申请。

As university of virginia astronomy professor mark whittle tells it , the big bang 13.7 billion years ago spawned a big noise along with billions of stars and galaxies .

正如弗吉尼亚大学天文学教授马克.惠特尔所述，137亿年前的宇宙大爆炸爆发出与数以亿计的恒星和星系的诞生相随的巨响。

The universe provided a unique , if somewhat imperfect , concert hall for what may have been creation 's opening chord , whittle said .

如果说有几分不完美的话，宇宙为创世之初开场和弦提供了一个独特的音乐厅，惠特尔说。

Whittle , whose primary area of research relates to galaxy formation , presented his cosmic riff at a recent meeting of the american astronomical society in denver .

在美国天文学会近期在丹佛举办的一个会议上，以星系形成为主要研究领域的惠特尔介绍了他的宇宙即兴小段。