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

• Dried fruits such as prunes, pears, and peaches, are stewed.
  梅干，梨脯，桃脯等干果，都是炖过的。
• 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。
• Sleep helps some memories 'mature' and also prunes out unimportant memories.
  睡眠使某些记忆变得‘成熟’，同时也删掉了那些不重要的记忆。
• 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。
• It is particularly concentrated in apple peel but is also found in cranberries and prunes and in basil, oregano and thyme.
  熊果素主要存在于苹果皮之中，同时也可以在小红莓、梅子、花椒叶和麝香草中找到。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• I always add a little Madeira to the liquid when I stew prunes.
  在炖李子时我常加些马德拉葡萄酒在汤里。
• She always has prunes in syrup for breakfast.
  她早饭总吃糖水梅子。