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

parepare /pɛr/ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYpare

Origin: 1200-1300 Old French parer to prepare, make neat, from Latin parare to prepare

VERB TABLE

pare

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	pare
	he, she, it	pares
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	pared
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have pared
	he, she, it	has pared
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had pared
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will pare
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have pared

Continuous Form
Present	I	am paring
	he, she, it	is paring
	you, we, they	are paring
Past	I, he, she, it	was paring
	you, we, they	were paring
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been paring
	he, she, it	has been paring
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been paring
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be paring
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been paring

1to cut off the thin outer part of a fruit or vegetable using a sharp knife: First pare the apples.2to reduce an amount or number, especially by making a series of small reductions: pare something from something $600,000 has been pared from next year’s budget.pare something ↔ down phrasal verb to gradually reduce an amount or number: The navy has pared its carrier fleet down to nine ships from fourteen.—pared-down adjective