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

• 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。
• Lady, you're full of prunes.
  小姐，你真是蠢到家了。
• 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。
• 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。
• A sweet filling made of prunes or apricots.
  一种甜的饼陷，由梅干或杏制成。
• She always has prunes in syrup for breakfast.
  她早饭总吃糖水梅子。
• 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。
• Prunes can have a purgative effect.
  梅干有通便作用。
• We had stewed prunes for breakfast.
  我们早饭吃炖梅干。
• The contrary statement of six persons in Naples cannot controvert the fact that the prunes have contained maggot eggs.
  由那不勒斯的六个人所作的相反陈述推翻不了这个事实&李子干中有蛆卵。