prune
verb[T]
uk/pruːn/us/pruːn/tocutoffbranchesfrom atree,bush, orplant,especiallyso that it willgrowbetterin thefuture:
修剪(树枝)Shespenttheafternoonpruningroses.她用下午的时间修剪了玫瑰。
toreducesomething byremovingthings that are notnecessary:
删除,删节Arco hasreactedto thelossinrevenueby pruning(back)itsexpansionplans.大西洋里奇菲尔德公司通过缩减扩张计划以应对收益亏损。
Ifelthisessayneededa little pruning.我认为他的文章需要稍作删节。
Cutting and stabbing
- abrasion
- bayonet
- butcher
- carve
- carving
- chisel
- chop
- impaler
- incise
- julienne
- lacerate
- lacerated
- shave
- sheep shearing
- slash
- sliced
- slit
- snip
- spike
- transect
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Gardening - general words
Becoming and making smaller or less
prune
noun[C]
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Types of fruit
- ackee
- alligator pear
- amla
- angelica
- açaí
- cooker
- cooking apple
- copra
- crab apple
- cranberry
- kumquat
- lingonberry
- litchi
- loganberry
- longan
- pomelo
- prickly pear
- pumpkin
- quince
- raisin