pare
vt. 削皮; 削減; 修剪(指甲等)
When you pare something, or pare part of it off or away, you cut off its skin or its outer layer.
Pare the brown skin from the meat with a very sharp knife...
用一把非常鋒利的刀將褐色的皮從肉上剝去。
He took out a slab of cheese, pared off a slice and ate it hastily.
他拿出一大塊乳酪,切下一片,匆忙吃了。
If you pare something down or back, or if you pare it, you reduce it.
The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third...
部委的數量已經減少了1/3。
The luxury tax won't really do much to pare down the budget deficit...
奢侈品稅其實對削減預算赤字並不會有多少幫助。
1. decrease gradually or bit by bit
2. cut small bits or pare shavings from;
3. strip the skin off;
4. remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size;
You never pare the apple, sometimes even without washing.
你吃蘋果從來不削皮, 甚至不洗.
The gains for mainland stocks helped Hong Kong pare an early decline.
在內地股市上漲的帶動下,香港股市的早盤跌幅有所收窄.
A mode pare model of a geophone is presented with the emphasis on modes sli ding.
提出了地震檢波器的模態對模型,強調了模態的滑動,指出地震檢波器面臨的問題是模態對的滑動.
Pare off the rind from the orange using a sharp knife.
用鋒利的刀子削去橙子皮.
So the turmoil won't end until these sectors pare down their debt.
除非他們減少債務,否則混亂局面還是不會終止.