trimming

Compared meaning: cutting off extra parts to make something neat (noun).

比较义项：修剪（去掉多余部分使整齐）（名词）。

• trim

  Refers to a single act of cutting something neater; commonly used with 'a' or 'the' for one specific instance of tidying up.

  指使某物变整齐的一次具体修剪行为；常与“a”或“the”连用，表示一次具体的整理动作。

  The hedge really needed a trim before the guests arrived.

  客人到来之前，这树篱确实需要修剪一下。

• trimming 本词

  Emphasizes the ongoing act or process of cutting off small unwanted parts, often used without an article to describe the activity in general.

  强调剪掉细小多余部分的持续动作或过程，常不加冠词，用来泛指这项活动本身。

  Trimming the hedges took most of the afternoon.

  修剪树篱花去了大半个下午的时间。

Trim and trimming both mean cutting off extra parts to make something neat. Trim usually means one specific act of cutting, while trimming stresses the ongoing process, or the bits cut off. The two words are often used interchangeably; the difference is small.

trim 和 trimming 都指修剪掉多余部分的动作，但 trim 更常指一次具体的修剪行为，trimming 则更强调修剪这件事或过程本身，也常用来指修剪下来的碎屑。两词经常互换使用，差别细微。