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单词 prune
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prune

noun
/pruːn/
/pruːn/
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  1. a dried plum that is often eaten cooked
    • stewed prunes
    Topics Foodc2
    Word Originnoun Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek prou(m)non ‘plum’.

prune

verb
/pruːn/
/pruːn/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they prune
/pruːn/
/pruːn/
he / she / it prunes
/pruːnz/
/pruːnz/
past simple pruned
/pruːnd/
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past participle pruned
/pruːnd/
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-ing form pruning
/ˈpruːnɪŋ/
/ˈpruːnɪŋ/
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  1. to cut off some of the branches from a tree, bush, etc. so that it will grow better and stronger
    • prune something When should you prune apple trees?
    • He pruned the longer branches off the tree.
    • prune something back The hedge needs pruning back.
    Extra Examples
    • Prune the trees hard in the winter.
    • The roses had been pruned back severely.
    Topics Gardensc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • drastically
    • hard
    • heavily
    • …
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  2. prune something (back) to make something smaller by removing parts; to cut out parts of something
    • Staff numbers have been pruned back to 175.
    • The railway companies have pruned their timetables (= there are fewer trains).
    • Prune out any unnecessary details.
    • Their budgets have been drastically pruned.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • drastically
    • hard
    • heavily
    • …
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    3. Word Originverb late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘abbreviate’): from Old French pro(o)ignier, possibly based on Latin rotundus ‘round’.
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