单词	prune
释义	verb | noun pruneprune1 /prun/ verb [transitive] Etymology ETYMOLOGYprune1 Origin: 1300-1400 Old French proignier, probably from provigner to breed plants from shoots, from Latin propago; ➔ PROPAGATE Verb Table VERB TABLE prune Simple Form Present I, you, we, they prune he, she, it prunes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they pruned Present perfect I, you, we, they have pruned he, she, it has pruned Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had pruned Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will prune Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have pruned Continuous Form Present I am pruning he, she, it is pruning you, we, they are pruning Past I, he, she, it was pruning you, we, they were pruning Present perfect I, you, we, they have been pruning he, she, it has been pruning Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been pruning Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be pruning Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been pruning 1 (also prune something ↔ back) to cut some of the branches of a tree or bush to make it grow better:  Red dogwoods should be pruned regularly.2to get rid of the unnecessary parts of something:  The state has pruned $275 million from this year’s budget.—pruning noun [uncountable] verb | noun pruneprune2 noun [countable] Etymology ETYMOLOGYprune2 Origin: 1300-1400 French plum, from Latin prunus a dried plum (=type of fruit)
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