prunes

英 [pruːnz]

美 [pruːnz]

n.  干梅子; 西梅干; 李子干
v.  修剪树枝; 打杈; 裁减; 削减; 精简
prune的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 李子干；梅干
  Apruneis a dried plum.
• VERB 修剪；修整
  When youprunea tree or bush, you cut off some of the branches so that it will grow better the next year.
  1. 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。
  2. There is no best way to prune.
     没有最好的修剪方法。
  3. Prune backmeans the same asprune.
     prune back同prune
  4. Apples, pears and cherries can be pruned back when they've lost their leaves.
     苹果树、梨树和樱桃树在落叶后便可修剪。
• VERB 删去；除去；削减
  If youprunesomething, you cut out all the parts that you do not need.
  1. Firms are cutting investment and pruning their product ranges.
     公司正在减少投资，缩减产品系列。
  2. Prune backmeans the same asprune.
     prune back同prune
  3. The company has pruned back its workforce by 20,000 since 1989.
     公司自1989年以来已裁员两万人。

双语例句

• But why did ends our fingers and toes wrinkle like black prunes and not the rest of us?
  但是，为什么手指和脚趾的末端褶皱得像黑色的梅子干，但其它部位则不会如此呢？
• Prunes can have a purgative effect.
  梅干有通便作用。
• A firm in Naples has sent us a truck-load of prunes.
  那不勒斯一家公司发运给我们一卡车梅干。
• The official recipes also suggested grated apples and chopped prunes and dried elderberries to replace the missing dried fruit.
  官方的食谱也建议用苹果碎、碎西梅干和干接骨木果来代替所缺的果脯。
• Only after a few years, one can find the sweet taste of prunes and chocolate.
  窖藏一些年后会有甜梅和巧克力味。
• Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit.
  凡结果子的，他就修理干净，使枝子结果子更多。
• Okay, so they are really prunes, but they are packed with antioxidants.
  好了，这真的就是干梅子，但它们富含了抗氧化剂。
• Buy: Dried fruit, Dried cherry, Dried peach, Dried apricot, prunes.
  采购：干燥水果，樱桃干，桃干，杏干，西梅。
• This kind of view is full of prunes.
  这种看法是完全错误的。
• Lady, you're full of prunes.
  小姐，你真是蠢到家了。