Prune



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.梅干; v.修剪
• ［英］ n.梅干 ( a plum dried without fermentation) ; v.修剪 ( to cut away what is unwanted or superfluous)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, plum, from Latin prunum — more at plum
• Date: 14th century
• a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation

II. verb (pruned; pruning)

• Etymology: Middle English prouynen, probably ultimately from Old French prooignier, alteration of *porrooignier, from por- completely (from Latin pro-) + rooignier to cut, prune, from Vulgar Latin *rotundiare to cut around, from Latin rotundus round — more at pro-, rotund
• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to reduce especially by eliminating superfluous matter <pruned the text><prune the budget>
    • b. to remove as superfluous <prune away all ornamentation>
  • 2. to cut off or cut back parts of for better shape or more fruitful growth <prune the branches>
• intransitive verb
  • to cut away what is unwanted or superfluous
• ? pruner noun

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