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单词 trimming
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trimming

[ trim-ing ]
/ ˈtrɪm ɪŋ /
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noun

anything used or serving to decorate or complete: the trimmings of a Christmas tree.
Usually trimmings . an accompaniment or garnish to a main dish: roast turkey with all the trimmings.
trimmings, pieces cut off in trimming, clipping, paring, or pruning.
the act of a person or thing that trims.
Informal. a beating or thrashing.
Informal. a defeat: Our team took quite a trimming.

Origin of trimming

First recorded in 1510–20; trim + -ing1

Words nearby trimming

trimetric, trimetric projection, trimetrogon, trimmer, trimmer arch, trimming, trimodal, trimolecular, trim one's sails, trimonthly, trimorph
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British Dictionary definitions for trimming

trimming
/ (ˈtrɪmɪŋ) /

noun

an extra piece used to decorate or complete
(plural) usual or traditional accompanimentsroast turkey with all the trimmings
(plural) parts that are cut off
(plural) dialect ornaments; decorationsChristmas trimmings
informal a reproof, beating, or defeat
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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