pare to the bone

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To pare down to an extreme degree. transitive
    — Distilling costs were already pared to the bone, and the serious credit crisis in Bordeaux in 1789 first put at risk those houses which were already short of resources.

词形变化

pares to the bone present,singular,third-person paring to the bone participle,present pared to the bone participle,past pared to the bone past
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