pare
- IPA[per]
美式
- trim (something) by cutting away its outer edges；cut off the outer skin of (something)
verb: pare, 3rd person present: pares, gerund or present participle: paring, past tense: pared, past participle: pared
- 釋義
- 相關詞
動詞
- 1. trim (something) by cutting away its outer edges Carlo pared his thumbnails with his knife 同義詞
- ▪ cut off the outer skin of (something) pare off the rind using a peeler
- ▪ reduce (something) in size, extent, quantity, or number, usually in a number of small successive stages union leaders publicly pared down their demands we pared costs by doing our own cleaning 同義詞
- reduce something to the bare minimum
Oxford American Dictionary
- reduce something to the bare minimum
Oxford Dictionary
- extremely careful or mean with money: cheese-paring bureaucrats
- meanness: Richard accused me of cheese-paring
Oxford Dictionary
- a small knife used mainly for peeling fruits and vegetables.
Oxford American Dictionary
- a first among equals; the senior or representative member of a group: the feudal king was
Oxford American Dictionary
- a first among equals; the senior or representative member of a group: the feudal king was
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[pɛː]
英式
- trim (something) by cutting away its outer edges: Carlo pared his thumbnails with his knife
Oxford Dictionary
