prune

/pɹun/ 动词 C2

中文：修剪、削减、精简

To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive. (transitive) · A good grape grower will prune the vines once a year.
To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material). (figuratively, transitive) · to prune a budget, or an essay
To remove (something unnecessary) for the sake of cutting down or shortening that which it was previously part of. (transitive)
To remove participation status from or contributed material attributed to users usually deemed inactive or undesirable from an interactive computer service or website for the sake of housekeeping. (transitive)
To remove unnecessary branches from a tree data structure. (transitive)

He/she/it prunes · 过去式 pruned · 过去分词 pruned · -ing形式 pruning

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动词形式

“Those are indeed holidays to me; I go into the garden, I plant, I prune, I trim, I kill the insects all day long.”

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