pollard

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pol·lard /ˈpɒləd, -lɑːd $ ˈpɑːlərd/ verb [transitive] British English  CUTto cut the top off a tree in order to make the lower branches grow more thickly 〔为加快下部枝条的生长速度而〕给〔树木〕截顶［去顶］n pollarded limesn Grammar Pollard is usually passive.→ See Verb tableOrigin pollard (1600-1700) → POLL1 in its original sense “head”

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pollard
pol‧lard /ˈpɒləd, -lɑːd $ ˈpɑːlərd/ verb [transitive usually passive] British Englishto cut the top off a tree in order to make the lower branches grow more thickly

pol·lardBrE /ˈpɒləd/ 🔊, /ˈpɒlɑːd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpɑːlərd/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they pollard BrE /ˈpɒləd/ 🔊, /ˈpɒlɑːd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈpɑːlərd/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it pollards BrE /ˈpɒlədz/ 🔊, /ˈpɒlɑːdz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈpɑːlərdz/ 🔊past simple pollarded BrE /ˈpɒlədɪd/ 🔊, /ˈpɒlɑːdɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈpɑːlərdɪd/ 🔊past participle pollarded BrE /ˈpɒlədɪd/ 🔊, /ˈpɒlɑːdɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈpɑːlərdɪd/ 🔊 -ing form pollarding BrE /ˈpɒlədɪŋ/ 🔊, /ˈpɒlɑːdɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈpɑːlərdɪŋ/ 🔊 [usually passive] ~ sth (specialist) to cut off the branches at the top of a tree so that the lower branches will grow more thickly 给（树木）去顶；截梢