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prune 音标拼音: [pr'un] n. 干梅子,梅干,深紫红色,傻瓜
vt. 修剪,砍掉,删除 vi. 删除,删节 干梅子,梅干,深紫红色,傻瓜修剪,砍掉,删除删除,删节 prune n 1: dried plum v 1: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" [synonym: {snip}, {clip}, {crop}, {trim}, {lop}, {dress}, {prune}, {cut back}] 2: weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" [synonym: {cut}, {prune}, {rationalize}, {rationalise}] Prune \Prune\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pruned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pruning}.] [OE. proine, probably fr. F. provigner to lay down vine stocks for propagation; hence, probably, the meaning, to cut away superfluous shoots. See {Provine}.] 1. To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune trees; to prune an essay. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] Taking into consideration how they [laws] are to be pruned and reformed. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Our delightful task To prune these growing plants, and tend these flowers. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To cut off or cut out, as useless parts. [1913 Webster] Horace will our superfluous branches prune. --Waller. [1913 Webster] 3. To preen; to prepare; to dress. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] His royal bird Prunes the immortal wing and cloys his beak. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Prune \Prune\, v. i. To dress; to prink; -used humorously or in contempt. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Prune \Prune\, n. [F. prune, from L. prunum a plum. See {Plum}.] A plum; esp., a dried plum, used in cookery; as, French or Turkish prunes; California prunes. [1913 Webster] {German prune} (Bot.), a large dark purple plum, of oval shape, often one-sided. It is much used for preserving, either dried or in sirup. {Prune tree}. (Bot.) (a) A tree of the genus {Prunus} ({Prunus domestica}), which produces prunes. (b) The West Indian tree, {Prunus occidentalis}. {South African prune} (Bot.), the edible fruit of a sapindaceous tree ({Pappea Capensis}). [1913 Webster] 141 Moby Thesaurus words for "prune": abbreviate, abridge, abscind, abstract, amputate, annihilate, ax, backset, ban, bar, bisect, blockhead, bob, boil down, brash, butcher, capsulize, carve, chop, chump, cleave, clip, compress, condense, contract, crop, cull, cultivate, culture, curtail, cut, cut away, cut back, cut down, cut in two, cut off, cut off short, cut out, cut short, delve, dichotomize, dig, dimwit, dissever, dock, dolt, dope, dress, dumbbell, elide, eliminate, enucleate, epitomize, eradicate, except, excise, exclude, extinguish, extirpate, fallow, fertilize, fissure, force, foreshorten, gash, hack, halve, harrow, hew, hoe, idiot, ignoramus, incise, isolate, jigsaw, knock off, lance, list, lop, moron, mow, mulch, mutilate, nip, pare, peel, pick out, plow, poll, pollard, rake, reap, recap, recapitulate, reduce, rend, retrench, rive, root out, rule out, saw, scissor, set apart, set aside, sever, shave, shear, shorten, skive, slash, slice, slit, snip, snub, spade, split, stamp out, strike off, strip, strip off, stunt, sum up, summarize, sunder, synopsize, take in, take off, take out, tear, telescope, thin, thin out, till, till the soil, trim, truncate, weed, weed out, whittle, wipe out, work
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