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

• Start with complex carbohydrates that are high in fibre, such as whole grain breads and cereals, dried beans and peas, Brussels sprouts, oranges, and prunes.
  首先吃一些富含纤维的碳水化合物，例如全麦面包、谷类食物、干豆和豌豆、抱子甘蓝、橙子以及西梅。
• But why did ends our fingers and toes wrinkle like black prunes and not the rest of us?
  但是，为什么手指和脚趾的末端褶皱得像黑色的梅子干，但其它部位则不会如此呢？
• 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。
• We had stewed prunes for breakfast.
  我们早饭吃炖梅干。
• Dried fruits such as prunes, pears, and peaches, are stewed.
  梅干，梨脯，桃脯等干果，都是炖过的。
• 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。
• The official recipes also suggested grated apples and chopped prunes and dried elderberries to replace the missing dried fruit.
  官方的食谱也建议用苹果碎、碎西梅干和干接骨木果来代替所缺的果脯。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。