prune
名词
UK/pruːn/
US/pruːn/
定义 prune 名词
- Countable(可数名词)
A dried plum, often used as a snack or ingredient in cooking.
西梅干；洋李干
动词
UK/pruːn/
US/pruːn/
定义 prune 动词
- Transitive(及物动词)
To cut off the unnecessary or overgrown parts of a tree, bush, or plant to encourage better growth.
修剪（树枝）
The gardener is pruning the bushes in the garden.
园丁正在修剪花园里的灌木。
The farmer prunes the fruit trees every year to help them grow better.
农夫每年都会修剪果树以帮助它们更好地生长。
Pruning can help plants grow more healthily.
修剪可以帮助植物更健康地生长。
- Transitive(及物动词)
To reduce or remove what is considered unnecessary or excessive from something.
删减；精简
The company decided to prune some unnecessary expenses to save costs.
公司决定删减一些不必要的开支以节省成本。
The editor carefully pruned the lengthy report.
编辑仔细地精简了这份冗长的报告。
The budget for this project needs to be pruned.
这个项目的预算需要被精简。