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

• Lady, you're full of prunes.
  小姐，你真是蠢到家了。
• Try eating reconstituted dried prunes, figs or apricots.
  试着吃些用水泡过的西梅干、无花果干或杏干。
• Prunes, black cherry, hints of vanilla cocoa.
  洋李干、黑樱桃，以及一丝香草可可的香气。
• Every day for a year, women in one group got dried apples, women in the other group prunes.
  第一组的受试者每天食用苹果干，另一组则每天食用西梅，持续一年。
• She always has prunes in syrup for breakfast.
  她早饭总吃糖水梅子。
• As they neared the end of the last aisle, she discovered that had forgotten to pick up a package of prunes.
  当他们快走到最后一个通道的尽头时，妻子发现她忘了拿盒话悔。
• 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。
• This kind of view is full of prunes.
  这种看法是完全错误的。
• An alternative approach is to have a self-pruning cache that stores entries, as needed, but prunes them at an expiration time.
  一个变通方法是使用一个能在需要时存储条目而在过了有效期后清除条目的自清除高速缓存（self-pruningcache）。
• 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。