英语词汇“pruning”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Example Sentences

Verb She carefully pruned the hedge. Those trees need to be pruned every year. The students were asked to prune their essays. The budget needs to be pruned.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

In particular, raisin, date, fig and prune, along with milk chocolate, marzipan, coffee, honey, orange marmalade.

Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 5 May 2022 The 30-year-old includes mint, earth and prune aromas and tastes wispy light and balanced, with flavors of caramel, figs and prunes.

Tom Mullen, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2022 In the Willamette Valley, prune from mid-February to early March, when the weather is conducive for the plants to start growing.

oregonlive, 8 Mar. 2022 The Bing cherry, of the species Prunus avium, has the medicinal implications of a prune.

John Mcphee, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022 Rey Gordo is a big, but lovely, balanced dance of a beer; Rey Cuvée is a punch — a massive, smoky, prune-meets-black-licorice aromatic punch.

Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, 19 Nov. 2021 On the palate, there are notes of fig, date and prune, along with golden raisin, stone fruit notes of apricot and some peach and tropical fruit notes of melon, mango and a touch of pineapple.

Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2021 The addition of a little water brings out some more pronounced prune and licorice notes on the nose.

Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021 On the nose, there are intense black fruit aromas of plum, black fruit and blackberry, along with some prune.

Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2021

Verb

Do this pruning in winter or in a dry part of late summer or fall; don’t prune in spring or early summer, when the new growth is most susceptible to infection by the spores.

Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022 Meyer said summer is a good time to lightly prune trees and large shrubs to remove suckers — unwanted new growth — and dead branches from trees and large shrubs.

Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2022 The researchers thought the culprit might be a lack of immune cells in the brain called microglia, which normally prune synapses in the brain.

Akila Muthukumar, STAT, 7 Aug. 2022 Oh, and don’t be in a hurry to prune what might be slow to leaf out next spring.

oregonlive, 4 Dec. 2021 Aim to prune plants when the suckers are between 2 and 4 inches long.

Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 June 2022 Games that, say, require you to prune trees to progress.

Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 1 May 2022 Anyone with a magnifying mirror and tweezers can recklessly prune their brows, but patiently growing them back?

Paige Stables, Allure, 30 June 2022 The best thing to do would be to prune the dead branches off.

oregonlive, 29 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Anglo-French, plum, from Latin prunum — more at plum

Verb

Middle English prouynen, probably ultimately from Old French prooignier, alteration of *porrooignier, from por- completely (from Latin pro-) + rooignier to cut, prune, from Vulgar Latin *rotundiare to cut around, from Latin rotundus round — more at pro-, rotund

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

单词	pruning
释义	prune 1 of 2 noun ˈprün : a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation prune 2 of 2 verb pruned; pruning transitive verb 1 a : to reduce especially by eliminating superfluous matter pruned the text prune the budget b : to remove as superfluous prune away all ornamentation 2 : to cut off or cut back parts of for better shape or more fruitful growth prune the branches intransitive verb : to cut away what is unwanted or superfluous pruner noun Synonyms Verb bob clip crop cut cut back dock lop (off) nip pare poll shave shear snip trim See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Verb She carefully pruned the hedge. Those trees need to be pruned every year. The students were asked to prune their essays. The budget needs to be pruned. Recent Examples on the Web Noun In particular, raisin, date, fig and prune, along with milk chocolate, marzipan, coffee, honey, orange marmalade. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 5 May 2022 The 30-year-old includes mint, earth and prune aromas and tastes wispy light and balanced, with flavors of caramel, figs and prunes. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2022 In the Willamette Valley, prune from mid-February to early March, when the weather is conducive for the plants to start growing. oregonlive, 8 Mar. 2022 The Bing cherry, of the species Prunus avium, has the medicinal implications of a prune. John Mcphee, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022 Rey Gordo is a big, but lovely, balanced dance of a beer; Rey Cuvée is a punch — a massive, smoky, prune-meets-black-licorice aromatic punch. Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, 19 Nov. 2021 On the palate, there are notes of fig, date and prune, along with golden raisin, stone fruit notes of apricot and some peach and tropical fruit notes of melon, mango and a touch of pineapple. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2021 The addition of a little water brings out some more pronounced prune and licorice notes on the nose. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021 On the nose, there are intense black fruit aromas of plum, black fruit and blackberry, along with some prune. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2021 Verb Do this pruning in winter or in a dry part of late summer or fall; don’t prune in spring or early summer, when the new growth is most susceptible to infection by the spores. Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022 Meyer said summer is a good time to lightly prune trees and large shrubs to remove suckers — unwanted new growth — and dead branches from trees and large shrubs. Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2022 The researchers thought the culprit might be a lack of immune cells in the brain called microglia, which normally prune synapses in the brain. Akila Muthukumar, STAT, 7 Aug. 2022 Oh, and don’t be in a hurry to prune what might be slow to leaf out next spring. oregonlive, 4 Dec. 2021 Aim to prune plants when the suckers are between 2 and 4 inches long. Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 June 2022 Games that, say, require you to prune trees to progress. Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 1 May 2022 Anyone with a magnifying mirror and tweezers can recklessly prune their brows, but patiently growing them back? Paige Stables, Allure, 30 June 2022 The best thing to do would be to prune the dead branches off. oregonlive, 29 May 2022 See More Word History Etymology Noun Middle English, from Anglo-French, plum, from Latin prunum — more at plum Verb Middle English prouynen, probably ultimately from Old French prooignier, alteration of porrooignier, from por- completely (from Latin pro-) + rooignier* to cut, prune, from Vulgar Latin rotundiare to cut around, from Latin rotundus* round — more at pro-, rotund First Known Use Noun 14th century, in the meaning defined above Verb 15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a Kids Definition prune 1 of 2 noun ˈprün : a dried plum prune 2 of 2 verb pruned; pruning 1 : to cut off dead or unwanted parts of a bush or tree 2 : to cut out useless or unwanted parts (as unnecessary words in something written) Medical Definition prune noun ˈprün : a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation and often used as a food and as a mild laxative pruning verb present participle of prune as in trimming to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument pruned the dead branches from the old apple tree Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance trimming shaving cutting clipping mowing shearing cropping snipping paring docking cutting back bobbing polling nipping manicuring whittling lopping (off) skiving shortening pinching curtailing stumping Antonyms & Near Antonyms lengthening extending elongating
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