Pare



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 削;修剪
• ［英］ v. 削 ( peel) ; 修剪 ( trim)
• ［例］ pare an apple ( 削苹果皮)

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (pared; paring)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French parer to make, prepare, pare, from Latin parare to prepare, acquire; akin to Latin parere to give birth to, produce, Greek porein to give, present, Sanskrit p??āti he gives
• Date: 14th century
• 1. to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of <pare apples><paring his nails>
• 2. to diminish or reduce by or as if by paring <pare expenses><the novel was pared down to 200 pages>
• ? parer noun

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