pruning

名词 pruning:

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

动词 prune:

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

1. She's pruning down the novel at the publisher's request.
   她按出版商的要求对小说进行删改。
2. She has been pruning the roses.
   她一直在修剪玫瑰。
3. She scratched herself badly while pruning the roses.
   她修剪玫瑰花时把自己划伤了一大片。
4. I found him pruning his roses.
   我看到他正在给玫瑰修剪枝条。