英语词汇“trim down”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD FAMILY

trim down: trimmed down, trimming down

USAGE EXAMPLES

As Republican presidential candidates always do, Perry was talking about trimming down the federal government.

Seattle Times(Dec 13, 2016)

Beards were trimmed down to stubble or sliced off cleanly with straight razors.

Reuters(Nov 14, 2016)

When Twitter began to take stock of its business and decide which assets to trim down, the Vine was at the top of the list.

New York Times(Oct 28, 2016)

v cut down on; make a reduction in

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back
cut

have a reducing effect

shorten

make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration

spill

reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)

quench

reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance

retrench

make a reduction, as in one's workforce

slash

cut drastically

thin out

make sparse

thin

make thin or thinner

detract, take away

take away a part from; diminish

deflate

reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices

inflate

increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value

downsize

reduce in size or number

subtract

take off or away

knock off, shave

cut the price of

foreshorten

shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth

clip, curtail, cut short

terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent

syncopate

omit a sound or letter in a word

cut short, truncate

make shorter as if by cutting off

draw

reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die

clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim

cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

mark down

reduce the price of

decrease, lessen, minify

make smaller

单词	trim down
释义	trim down (once / 63545 pages) v WORD FAMILY trim down: trimmed down, trimming down USAGE EXAMPLES As Republican presidential candidates always do, Perry was talking about trimming down the federal government. Seattle Times(Dec 13, 2016) Beards were trimmed down to stubble or sliced off cleanly with straight razors. Reuters(Nov 14, 2016) When Twitter began to take stock of its business and decide which assets to trim down, the Vine was at the top of the list. New York Times(Oct 28, 2016) v cut down on; make a reduction in Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back cut have a reducing effect shorten make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration spill reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail) quench reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance retrench make a reduction, as in one's workforce slash cut drastically thin out make sparse thin make thin or thinner detract, take away take away a part from; diminish deflate reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices inflate increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value downsize reduce in size or number subtract take off or away knock off, shave cut the price of foreshorten shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth clip, curtail, cut short terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent syncopate omit a sound or letter in a word cut short, truncate make shorter as if by cutting off draw reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of mark down reduce the price of decrease, lessen, minify make smaller
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