| 单词 | pare |
| 释义 | pare (once / 1447 pages) v To pare is to trim — like when you pare branches on a tree or pare down your expenses to save money. Pare comes from the Latin word parare, meaning "to prepare." Think of peeling potatoes, which you might do with a paring knife, or paring your nails so you'll make a neat appearance. In each case, you are trimming something gradually. If you pare down your expectations, you might be pleasantly surprised. WORD FAMILYpare: pared, parer, pares, paring+/parer: parers/paring: parings USAGE EXAMPLESThe squash is ready when it is readily pierced with a paring knife. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) There was, however, concerted resistance to the plans even from normally supportive states, which pared it back to 3%. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) I just tried to get something that was absolutely pared down to the bone really, aesthetically absolutely simple. Salon(Dec 25, 2016) 1v strip the skin off pare apples Syn|Hypo|Hyper peel, skin peel off peel off the outer layer of something flaystrip the skin off exfoliateremove the surface, in scales or laminae strip remove the surface from 2v cut small bits or pare shavings from Syn|Hyper whittle cut separate with or as if with an instrument 3v remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size pare one's fingernails Syn|Hypo|Hyper trim dress cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width cut separate with or as if with an instrument 4v decrease gradually or bit by bit Syn|Hyper pare down decrease, lessen, minify make smaller |
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