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pare v.削；修剪；削减，缩减 pare (v.) "to trim by cutting close," c.1300, from Old French parer "arrange, prepare; trim, adorn," and directly from Latin parare "make ready, prepare, furnish, provide, arrange, order; contrive, design, intend, resolve; procure, acquire, obtain, get; get with money, buy, purchase" (related to parere "produce, bring forth, give birth to"), from PIE *par-a-, suffixed form of root *pere- (1) "produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth," and derived words in diverse senses (cognates: Lithuanian pariu "to brood," Greek poris "calf, bull," Old High German farro, German Farre "bullock," Old English fearr "bull," Sanskrit prthukah "child, calf, young of an animal," Czech spratek "brat, urchin, premature calf"). Generalized meaning "to reduce something little by little" is from 1520s. Related: Pared; paring. 【记】repair 修理→修理树木，头发就是修剪；源自prepare 演员表演前要准备，修整，剪一剪指甲什么的；pear 梨，pare pear 削梨

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[pɛə] 【英】 v. 削 (peel); 修剪(trim)【例】 pare an apple(削苹果皮) v. 用小刀削; 修剪【记】拼: 怕热, 所以要用小刀把狗身上的毛削掉.

单词	pare
音标	[pɛə]
解释	v.削；修剪；削减，缩减
红宝书	【英】 v. 削 (peel); 修剪(trim) 【例】 pare an apple(削苹果皮)
字源	pare (v.) "to trim by cutting close," c.1300, from Old French parer "arrange, prepare; trim, adorn," and directly from Latin parare "make ready, prepare, furnish, provide, arrange, order; contrive, design, intend, resolve; procure, acquire, obtain, get; get with money, buy, purchase" (related to parere "produce, bring forth, give birth to"), from PIE par-a-, suffixed form of root pere- (1) "produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth," and derived words in diverse senses (cognates: Lithuanian pariu "to brood," Greek poris "calf, bull," Old High German farro, German Farre "bullock," Old English fearr "bull," Sanskrit prthukah "child, calf, young of an animal," Czech spratek "brat, urchin, premature calf"). Generalized meaning "to reduce something little by little" is from 1520s. Related: Pared; paring.
不择手段背单词	v. 用小刀削; 修剪【记】拼: 怕热, 所以要用小刀把狗身上的毛削掉.
趣味全助记	【记】repair 修理→修理树木，头发就是修剪；源自prepare 演员表演前要准备，修整，剪一剪指甲什么的；pear 梨，pare pear 削梨

Pare Bring V Procure Produce German Pɛə V.削；修剪；削减，缩减