pare

英 [peə(r)] 美 [per]

• v. 削减；剥或削（某物）的皮；修剪（某物）边缘

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 削皮
2. 修掉
3. 修剪
4. 削去
5. 削减
6. （逐步）减小（常与down连用）
7. 使缩小
8. 缩减
9. 撙节
10. 剪

n. 名词

1. 佩尔（音译名）
2. 佩尔斯（音译名）
3. 帕尔（音译名）

英英释义

Verb:

1. decrease gradually or bit by bit

2. cut small bits or pare shavings from;

   "whittle a piece of wood"
   

3. strip the skin off;

   "pare apples"
   

4. remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size;

   "pare one's fingernails"
   "trim the photograph"
   "trim lumber"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Our budget has been pared to the bone.
   我们的预算已削减到最低限度。
2. We were asked to pare down our budget.
   我们被要求削减预算。
3. She is paring the apple.
   她正在削苹果皮。
4. She is paring her nails.
   她正在修剪指甲。

经典引文

• Taking a pearl penknife out of his pocket he began to pare his nails.

  出自： K. Mansfield

词汇搭配

• pare down 削减
• pared-down 简练的; 精简的...
• pare away 减少
• pare off 修掉
• pare the claws of 斩断 ... 的魔...
• pare someone's claws cut someon...

近反义词

【近义词】

• trim 修剪
• skin 皮肤
• scrape 刮掉
• strip 剥去
• peel 果皮
• minimize 将 ... 减到最少...
• shave 刮
• lessen 减少
• shell 壳
• pare down 削减
• whittle 削(木头)