| 单词 | prune |
| 释义 | Word Frequency prune 1(pruːn) noun 1. a purplish-black partially dried fruit of any of several varieties of plum tree 2. slang, mainly British a dull, uninteresting, or foolish person Word origin C14: from Old French prune, from Latin prūnum plum, from Greek prounonWord Frequency prune 2(pruːn) verb 1. to remove (dead or superfluous twigs, branches, etc) from (a tree, shrub, etc), esp by cutting off 2. to remove (anything undesirable or superfluous) from (a book, etc) Derived forms prunable (ˈprunable) adjective pruner (ˈpruner) noun Word origin C15: from Old French proignier to clip, probably from provigner to prune vines, from provain layer (of a plant), from Latin propāgo a cuttingWord Frequency prune 3(pruːn) verb an archaic word for preen1 |
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