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

• 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。
• The layer can be used by steel, paring, fibre, or wood.
  层板可选用钢板、木板、橡胶板等板料。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The GSEs will increase their existing portfolios until 2010, when they hope to start paring them back.
  两家GSE将增加现有资产组合，直至2010年&他们希望到那时开始剥离这些资产。
• Be diversified and disciplined, investing from a position of financial health rather than weakness. This is not the time to ignore paring down your debt, for instance.
  注意分散化投资，自我约束，在财务状况健康时而非疲弱时进行投资；举例来说，现在可不是忽略偿债需要的时候。
• 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。