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

• 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。
• But it also shows how, after a year dealing with a multi-billion dollar trading loss, credit rating downgrades, increased regulations and a slow market for deals, even Dimon appears to be paring back his vision.
  但它同时表明，1年来，面对数十亿美元的交易损失、遭到下调的信贷评级、更为严格的监管和疲软的交易市场，甚至连戴蒙似乎都开始变得收敛起来。
• While there was some paring of the initial sharp declines in equity and commodity prices yesterday, as short-selling bans were introduced in Italy and Spain, there is no mistaking the bearish tone.
  虽然随着意大利和西班牙颁布卖空禁令，股市和大宗商品价格最初的急剧下跌在昨日有所缓和，但市场基调无疑是看跌的。
• Tell them you'll need a sharp paring knife and a bottle of vodka.
  告诉他们你需要一把锋利的刀和一瓶伏特加。
• He was busy paring apples in the kitchen.
  他忙着在厨房里削苹果。
• Credit Suisse and Barclays are also paring staff as banks slash expenses to meet ambitious profit targets.
  各银行为实现雄心勃勃的利润指标而着手削减支出之际，瑞信（creditsuisse）和巴克莱（barclays）也计划进行裁员。
• It has sought recently to slow down credit growth by raising bank reserve requirements and paring credit growth targets.
  最近，越南政府已通过提高银行存款准备金率和下调信贷增长目标等方式，努力放缓信贷增长。
• 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。
• 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。