pruned是什么意思？

pruned

英[pru:nd] 美[prund]

• v. 修剪（树木等）( prune的过去式和过去分词 )，精简某事物，除去某事物多余的部分；

例句

• Next year’s budget will have to be drastically pruned. 下一年度的预算将大幅度削减。
• With a few quick snips of the shears he pruned the bush. 他用大剪刀几下子就把灌木给修剪好了.
• The workers have pruned all the dead branches. 工人们已经剪去了所有的枯枝.
• The roses had been pruned back savagely. 玫瑰被狠狠地修剪了一番.
• We pruned away buzzwords and jargon from the database. 他从数据库里删掉了一些流行词汇和术语.
• Next year's budget will have to be drastically pruned. 下一年度的预算将大幅度削减.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  李子干；梅干
  A prune is a dried plum.
• VERB
  修剪；修整
  When you prune a tree or bush, you cut off some of the branches so that it will grow better the next year.
  例句
  You have to prune a bush if you want fruit... 如果想让灌木结果，就必须进行修剪。 There is no best way to prune. 没有最好的修剪方法。
• VERB
  删去；除去；削减
  If you prune something, you cut out all the parts that you do not need.
  例句
  Firms are cutting investment and pruning their product ranges. 公司正在减少投资，缩减产品系列。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. (of plants or trees) shaped by having superfluous branches or shoots trimmed back or cut off;
  "abundant fruit from properly pruned vines and fruit trees"