名詞 pruning:

1. something that has been pruned off of a plant
2. the act of trimming a plant

動(dòng)詞 prune:

1. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
   同義詞：snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
2. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
   同義詞：cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise

1. She's pruning down the novel at the publisher's request.
   她按出版商的要求對(duì)小說進(jìn)行刪改。
2. She has been pruning the roses.
   她一直在修剪玫瑰。
3. She scratched herself badly while pruning the roses.
   她修剪玫瑰花時(shí)把自己劃傷了一大片。
4. I found him pruning his roses.
   我看到他正在給玫瑰修剪枝條。