root

英[ruːt] 美[ruːt]
  • n. 根;根源;根本
  • v. 生根;扎根;根除
rooter rooted rooted rooting roots
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  • roof n.屋顶;顶vt.覆盖;给...覆以屋顶
    n. (名词)
    1. 根,根部
    2. 根源,起源
    3. 根基
    4. 祖先
    5. 基础
    6. 根菜类
    7. 本质
    8. 植物
    9. 词根
    10. 方根
    11. 根本
    12. 根茎,地下茎
    13. 根由
    14. 子孙
    15. 原因,起因
    16. 定居
    v. (动词)
    1. (使)生根,(使)扎根,使(某事物)深深扎根
    2. (使)固定,固着,使根深蒂固
    3. 肃清
    4. 用鼻拱土
    5. 翻找,翻寻,搜寻,搜出
    6. <口>声援,给…加油, 给…助威,打气,喝彩
    7. 找到并去除(祸根),根除
    8. 终于发现
    9. 使呆住不动,使(某人)站立不动
    10. 连根挖起,连根拔起
    11. 根源在于,来源于,发源
    12. 深深种下
    13. 应援
    14. 支持,赞助,欢呼
    15. 生根成长
    16. 种植(植物)
    17. 牢固地树立
    18. 建立
    19. 使有基础
    20. 像猪那样吃东西
    adj. (形容词)
    1. 根的
    2. 根本的,基本的
    n. (名词)
    1. [C]根,根部 the part of a plant that grows down into the soil in search of food and water; the part of a tooth, hair, etc. that holds it to the rest of the body
    2. [C]根本,根源 the fact or condition from which sth begins, or by which sth is caused
    3. [P]祖籍,原籍 origin
    v. (动词)
    1. vi. & vt. (使)生根,(使)扎根 (cause to) form roots

英英释义

Noun:
  1. (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground

  2. the place where something begins, where it springs into being;

    "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"
    "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"
    "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"
    "communism's Russian root"

  3. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed;

    "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

  4. a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number

  5. the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation

  6. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

  7. a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes

  8. the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support

Verb:
  1. take root and begin to grow;

    "this plant roots quickly"

  2. come into existence, originate;

    "The problem roots in her depression"

  3. plant by the roots

  4. dig with the snout;

    "the pig was rooting for truffles"

  5. become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style;

    "He finally settled down"

  6. cause to take roots

1. Her ankle caught on a root, and she almost lost her balance.
她的脚踝被树根绊了一下,差点摔倒。

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2. It shouldn't take too long to root him out.
把他铲除掉应该不需要太长的时间。

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3. The forces of National Socialism were transforming Germany root and branch.
纳粹主义势力当时正在彻底改变德国。

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4. The germ of an idea took root in Rosemary's mind.
罗斯玛丽心里萌生了一个念头。

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5. They were treating symptoms and not the root cause.
他们是治标不治本。

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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Ann caught her foot on a tree root and stumbled.
      安的一只脚被树根绊了一下跌倒了。
    2. The dog is snuffling around the root of a tree.
      那条狗在树根处嗅来嗅去。
    3. Unhappiness is the root cause of his illness.
      不开心是他生病的根源。
    4. Money is thought to be the root cause of all evils.
      金钱被认为是万恶之源。
    5. I finally got to the root of the problem.
      我们最终抓住了问题的实质
    用作动词 (v.)
    1. Roses will not root in such acid soil.
      玫瑰在这种酸性土壤中不会生根。
    2. After a few months I felt I had really taken root here.
      几个月之后,我感到确实在这里扎根了。
    3. The pegged-down branches of the plant will take root.
      固定的植物的枝条将会扎根。
    4. It is vain to attempt to root out heresy by force.
      试图用暴力消除异端邪说是徒劳的。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The fence posts took root and grew into the earth.
      篱笆生了根,长在了地里。
    2. The root grows down.
      根向下长。
    3. Even if you plant the seed upside down, the roots will still grow down.
      即使你把种子倒过来种,根须还是往下长。
    4. Mind you don't stumble over these roots, they're difficult to see under these leaves.
      当心别让这些树根绊倒,它们埋在这些树叶底下不容易看到。
    5. New bushes can be reproduced from roots taken from the parent plant.
      灌木可以由母本取下根来繁殖。
    6. When we returned from our holidays after only three weeks, the whole garden was grown over with strong plants with wide leaves and long roots.
      我们只在外面度了三周假,整个花园便长满了一种叶很宽,根很长的植物。
    7. You have to dig down deeply to fork up the roots.
      你得深挖一些才能耙出根来。
    8. Cover the roots of the plant with earth.
      用土把植物的根盖住。
    9. He caught his foot on a tree root and stumbled.
      他一只脚绊在树根上,几乎跌倒。
    10. I stumbled over a tree root.
      树根绊了我的脚。
    11. She flushed to the roots of her hair.
      她的脸红到脖子根。
    12. College graduates should answer the Party's call to go down to the grass roots units.
      大学毕业生应响应党的号召到基层单位去。
    13. His selfishness was the root of trouble.
      他的自私是苦恼的根源。
    14. Her roots are in Scotland where she was born.
      她的老家在苏格兰,她是在那儿出生的。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作不及物动词 S+~(+A)
    1. Does the rose root easily?
      玫瑰容易生根吗?
    2. Who's been rooting about among my paper?
      谁翻过我的文件?
    3. We will all be rooting for you.
      我们全都支持你。
    用作及物动词 S+~+ n./pron.
    1. The tree rooted itself very quickly.
      这树扎根很快。
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    3. Our movement is rooted in the hearts of the people.
      我们的运动植根于人民的心中。
    4. The customs are rooted in tradition.
      这些风俗牢固地建立在传统基础之上。
n. (名词)
  1. root用作名词的意思“根,根部”,引申可指“根本,根源”,常与介词of连用,是可数名词。
  2. root作“祖籍,原籍”解时,多用作复数形式。
v. (动词)
  1. root用作动词时意思是“(使)生根,(使)扎根”。
  2. root既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,常与副词out连用。
v. (动词)
root, applaud, cheer
  • 这组词意义相近,都可表示“欢呼”。其区别是
  • 1.applaud与root都可指鼓掌欢呼, cheer则表示一般地欢呼。
  • 2.applaud以赞美为目的; cheer与root常常以鼓舞别人为目的。
  • 3.这三个词均可以人为对象, applaud与cheer还可表示对成功、表演等抽象事物的欢呼。
  • origin,source,root
  • 这些名词均有“起源、起因、根源”之意。
  • origin侧重指事物的起源或由来,也指人的出身。
  • source本义指河流或瀑布的源头,引申指某事的来源出处,但更多指抽象事物的根源或来源。
  • root通常指事物产生的原因或根源。
  • 用作名词 (n.)
    at (the) roots
      本质上 in the fact of points
    root and branch〔root-and-branch〕
      连根带叶; 彻底的 completely; complete
    用作动词 (v.)
    root out (v.+adv.)
      〈口〉搜寻 find by search
    root up (v.+adv.)
      杜绝 put an end to
      root sth ⇔ up

      Can we ever root poverty up from the world?

      我们有朝一日能消除世上的贫困吗?

      It is not easy to root a bad habit up.

      改掉坏习惯是不容易的。

    用作名词 (n.)
    动词+~ 形容词+~ 名词+~ ~+名词 介词+~ ~+介词
    用作动词 (v.)
    ~+副词