paring

英 [ˈpeərɪŋ]

美 [ˈperɪŋ]

n.  削下的皮; (指甲、水果、蔬菜等的)削去物
v.  削皮; 去皮; 逐步减小(数量或体积); 使缩小; 修剪(指甲等)
pare的现在分词

现在分词：paring　复数：parings　

BNC.48355 / COCA.27197

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 削下的皮；（指甲、水果、蔬菜等的）削去物
  Paringsare thin pieces that have been cut off things such as a fingernails, fruit, or vegetables.
  1. ...nail parings.
     剪掉的指甲
  2. ...vegetable parings.
     剥下的菜叶

英英释义

noun

• (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off
  1. she could peel an apple with a single long paring
• a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
  Synonym:slivershaving

双语例句

• People have also reacted swiftly to the current problems, paying down debt and paring back purchases out of prudence or necessity.
  人们对当前问题也迅速作出了反应，无论是出于谨慎或者必要，他们纷纷偿还债务并减少支出。
• If you used a paring knife, remove it and push the core through the bottom of the apple with your fingers.
  如果你用的是水果刀，那么移掉它，用你的手指通过苹果底部将核挖出。
• So far, investment managers and hedge funds say they have not been doing much in the way of official paring back.
  迄今为止，投资管理公司和对冲基金表示，它们还没有在正式削减成本方面采取很多举措。
• The father was so cheese paring with his son's pocket money that the boy hadn't enough money to buy a table tennis bat.
  这位父亲给孩子的零用钱少得可怜，孩子想买个乒乓球拍都没有足够的钱。
• In campaign speeches, he has spoken in fairly ruthless terms about the need to cut health and social security spending for instance by paring the cost of terminal care and by slashing the prescription drugs bill.
  在竞选演说中，他曾相当坚决地表示，需要削减医疗和社会保障方面的支出比如削减临终关怀的支出，并大幅减少处方药费用。
• A small sharp knife used in paring fruits or vegetables. I tapered the end of the fence post with an ax.
  用来削水果或蔬菜的皮的小尖刀。我用斧头将篱笆桩顶端削尖。
• In fact, it has spent much of the last decade paring down its capacity in order to boost its fledgling profit margins.
  事实上，过去十年来该公司多数时间都在削减运力，以求提高脆弱的利润率。
• Drug makers, which have been paring costs for years, are now broadening the scope to include executives and researchers.
  多年来一直在削减成本的制药企业现在开始将裁员范围扩大到管理和研究人员。
• He is sitting in the sofa. paring his nails down.
  他坐在沙发上修剪指甲。
• Paring down items in the kitchen, bathroom and pantry in separate chunks will make an otherwise-daunting task much more approachable.
  减少厨房、浴室及食品储藏室的东西并整理分类，会让本来令人却步的工作变得更加容易着手。