whittle
A knife; especially, a clasp-knife, pocket knife, or sheath knifeA knife; especially, a clasp-knife, pocket knife, or sheath knife.
» What are you whittling?
Что ты строгаешь?
Значение
значений: 5A knife; especially, a clasp-knife, pocket knife, or sheath knife.
большо́й ножbolʹšój nož
(архаичное)A covering for a bed; sheet.
(архаичное)A coarse greyish double blanket worn over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.
(архаичное)A kind of fine woollen shawl, originally and especially a white one.
(архаичное, диалектное)A baby's flannel; a baby's woollen napkin; a flannel petticoat.
- English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996)
Примеры
предложений: 14What are you whittling?
Что ты строгаешь?
Tom took out his knife and started whittling a piece of wood.
I still love to whittle.
Lack of sleep whittled away her energy.
Недостаток сна изничтожил её энергию.
He whittled the stick to a sharp point with his hunting knife.
Он заострил палку охотничьим ножом.
Переводы
языков: 2По значениям 1
Происхождение
From Middle English whittel (“large knife”), an alteration of thwitel, itself from thwitenFrom Middle English whittel (“large knife”), an alteration of thwitel, itself from thwiten (“to whittle”), from Old English þwītan (“to strike down, whittle”), from Proto-Germanic *þwītaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *twey- (“to shake, hurl, toss”). Compare Old Norse þveita (“to hurl”), Ancient Greek σείω (seíō, “I shake”). Related to thwite and thwaite.
From Middle English whytel, from Old English hwītel (“cloak, blanket”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwītil, from Proto-Germanic *hwītilaz, equivalent to white + -le; akin to Icelandic hvítill (“white bedcover, sheet, linen”).
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Формы
мн. число: whittlesСинонимы
синонимов: 5- English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996):Frank WhittleSir Frank Whittle