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

1v 2n

To prune means to clip, crop, cut back, and weed out. Pruning usually happens to overgrown trees and bushes, but can also be helpful for wild eyebrows and guest lists that are too long.

You may have also heard of another form of prune: the kind you eat. But other than dried plums, the word is generally used in verb form to describe giving something a much needed trim. Gardeners prune plants, cutting back dead branches and weak parts so they can thrive and grow better. Companies prune budgets to cut back on unnecessary spending. And you might need to prune your baseball hat collection if you're running out of places to put them.

WORD FAMILY

prune: pruned, pruner, prunes, pruning+/pruner: pruners/pruning: prunings

USAGE EXAMPLES

Fetch a branch from the garden; apple tree prunings and stems of Japanese quince work well, but anything will do.

The Guardian(Dec 24, 2016)

Often, they are pruned to within an inch of their lives to fit under phone lines or to avoid streetlights.

New York Times(Dec 22, 2016)

This type of pruning also happens during adolescence.

Time(Dec 21, 2016)

1v cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, snip, trim

shear

cut with shears

poll, pollard

convert into a pollard

pinch, top

cut the top off

disbud

thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers

tail

remove the stalk of fruits or berries

thin out

make sparse

2v weed out unwanted or unnecessary things

Syn|Hyper

cut, rationalise, rationalize

do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid of

terminate, end, or take out

n dried plum

Hyper

dried fruit

fruit preserved by drying

单词	prune
释义	prune (once / 1344 pages) 1v 2n To prune means to clip, crop, cut back, and weed out. Pruning usually happens to overgrown trees and bushes, but can also be helpful for wild eyebrows and guest lists that are too long. You may have also heard of another form of prune: the kind you eat. But other than dried plums, the word is generally used in verb form to describe giving something a much needed trim. Gardeners prune plants, cutting back dead branches and weak parts so they can thrive and grow better. Companies prune budgets to cut back on unnecessary spending. And you might need to prune your baseball hat collection if you're running out of places to put them. WORD FAMILY prune: pruned, pruner, prunes, pruning+/pruner: pruners/pruning: prunings USAGE EXAMPLES Fetch a branch from the garden; apple tree prunings and stems of Japanese quince work well, but anything will do. The Guardian(Dec 24, 2016) Often, they are pruned to within an inch of their lives to fit under phone lines or to avoid streetlights. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) This type of pruning also happens during adolescence. Time(Dec 21, 2016) 1 1v cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, snip, trim shear cut with shears poll, pollard convert into a pollard pinch, top cut the top off disbud thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers tail remove the stalk of fruits or berries thin out make sparse 2v weed out unwanted or unnecessary things Syn\|Hyper cut, rationalise, rationalize do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid of terminate, end, or take out 2 n dried plum Hyper dried fruit fruit preserved by drying
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