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| 1 | to cut something such as hair so that it looks tidy 修剪；把…修整齐 |
| Someone is trimming the grass outside with shears. 有人在外面用大剪刀修剪草坪。 |
| a well-trimmed beard 修剪得很整齐的胡须 |
| I had an inch trimmed off at the hairdresser’ s. 我在理发店把头发剪短了1英寸。 |
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| 2 | to reduce the amount or number of something 减少；削减 |
| trim sth to sth The workforce has been trimmed to 230. 职工数已被削减到230人。 |
| trim sth from sth The company had also trimmed £46,000 from its advertising budget. 公司还把广告预算削减了46,000英镑。 |
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| 3 | to decorate something 装饰；点缀 |
| The kids always enjoy trimming the Christmas tree. 孩子们总是喜欢装饰圣诞树。 |
| | 3a | to decorate the edges of something , for example a piece of clothing 镶（边） | | a fur-trimmed coat 毛皮镶边的外套 | |
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| 4 | to arrange the sails on a boat so that they are suitable for the wind 调整（船帆）以适应风向 |
| | 4a | to change the position of the flaps on a plane so that it is balanced and under control 调整（机翼）使平稳飞行 | |
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