trim
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they trim | |
| he / she / it trims | |
| past simple trimmed | |
| past participle trimmed | |
| -ing form trimming |
- trim something
to make something neater, smaller, better, etc., by cutting parts from it 修剪；修整 to trim your hair 理發 to trim a hedge (back) 修剪樹籬 - (figurative)
The training budget had been trimmed by £10 000. 培訓預算削減了 1 萬英鎊。 a neatly-trimmed beard 修剪得整齊的胡須
Extra ExamplesTopics Appearancec2, Gardensc2We trimmed the bush into a heart shape. 我們把灌木叢修剪成心形。 Trim the edges with a sharp knife. 用鋒利的刀修修邊。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- neatly
- perfectly
- …
- get your hair trimmed
- have your hair trimmed
to cut away unnecessary parts from something 切去，割掉，剪下，除去（不必要的部分） - trim something (off something)
Trim any excess fat off the meat. 把多餘的肥膘從肉上切掉。 I trimmed two centimetres off the hem of the skirt. 我把裙子的下擺剪短了兩厘米。 - trim something away/off
Trim away the lower leaves. 修剪掉下面的葉子。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- neatly
- perfectly
- …
- get your hair trimmed
- have your hair trimmed
- trim something (off something)
- [usually passive] trim something (with something)
to decorate something, especially around its edges 裝飾，修飾，點綴（尤指某物的邊緣） gloves trimmed with fur 毛皮鑲邊的手套
Word OriginOld English trymman, trymian ‘make firm, arrange’, of which the adjective appears to be a derivative. The word's history is obscure; current verb senses date from the early 16th cent. when usage became frequent and served many purposes: this is possibly explained by spoken or dialect use in the Middle English period not recorded in existing literature.
Idioms
trim your sails
to arrange the sails of a boat to suit the wind so that the boat moves faster 随風揚帆；見風轉舵 to reduce your costs 減少開支；削減費用