| 例句 |
pruningverbpresent participle of prune to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrumentpruned the dead branches from the old apple tree bobbing, clipping, cropping, cutting, cutting back, docking, lopping (off), nipping, paring, polling, shaving, shearing, snipping, trimming skiving, whittlingmanicuring, mowingpinching, stumpingcurtailing, shortening elongating, extending, lengthening |