Pare
[peə] or [pɛr]
解释:
(verb.) decrease gradually or bit by bit.
(verb.) remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; 'pare one's fingernails'; 'trim the photograph'; 'trim lumber'.
编辑:卢克--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's hoof.
(v. t.) To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin, ring, or outside part, from anything; -- followed by off or away; as; to pare off the ring of fruit; to pare away redundancies.
(v. t.) Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen.
埃利斯手打
同义词及近义词:
v. a. [1]. Peel (by the use of a knife).[2]. Clip, cut, shave off.
整理:诺拉
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Peel, cut_off, shave_off, skin, clip, diminish,[See DIMINISH]
亚伦编辑
解释:
v.t. to cut or shave off: to trim or to remove by cutting: to diminish by littles.—n. Pār′er one who or that which pares.
拜伦整理
例句:
- Cultivate a superiority to reason, and see how you pare the claws of all the sensible people when they try to scratch you for your own good! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- I must pare it and quarter it before I can enjoy it. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- Shaping and planing machines pare off the tough iron as if it were not harder than cheese. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- He pared me down in this way for a long time. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- I took out my knife, opened it, wiped off the blade and pared off the dirty outside surface of the cheese. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- A further process of paring and graining makes it ready for waxing or coloring, in which oil and lampblack are used on the flesh side. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
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