prune
verb /pruːn/
/pruːn/
- to cut off some of the branches from a tree, bush, etc. so that it will grow better and stronger修剪树枝；打杈
- prune something When should you prune apple trees?苹果树应该什么时候剪枝？
- He pruned the longer branches off the tree.他把较长的树枝剪掉了。
- prune something back The hedge needs pruning back.树篱需要修剪了。
- Prune the trees hard in the winter.在冬天将树木做大幅度修剪。
- The roses had been pruned back severely.玫瑰被修剪得很整齐。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb - prune something (back) to make something smaller by removing parts; to cut out parts of something裁减；削减；精简
- Staff numbers have been pruned back to 175.员工的数量已精减到 175 人。
- The railway companies have pruned their timetables (= there are fewer trains).铁路公司已经缩短了时间表。
- Prune out any unnecessary details.把无关紧要的细节统统删掉。
- Their budgets have been drastically pruned.他们的预算遭到了大幅削减。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb 词源verb late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘abbreviate’): from Old French pro(o)ignier, possibly based on Latin rotundus ‘round’.