root
英 [ruːt]
美 [ruːt]
n. 根; 根茎; 根部; 根源; 起因
v. (使)生根; 翻寻; (与某人)性交
复数:roots 过去分词:rooted 现在分词:rooting 过去式:rooted 第三人称单数:roots
Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1992 / COCA.1734
短语动词
短语用例
root for sb
- (体育比赛或遭遇困难时)给…助威,给…加油
to support or encourage sb in a sports competition or when they are in a difficult situation
root sth/sb↔out
- 找到并去除(祸根);根除
to find the person or thing that is causing a problem and remove or get rid of them - 终于发现(或找到)
to find sb/sth after searching for a long time- hair that is blonde at the ends and dark at the roots
发梢金黄而发根颜色深的头发
- hair that is blonde at the ends and dark at the roots
root sb to sth
- 使(因害怕、惊吓等)呆住不动
to make sb unable to move because of fear, shock, etc.- Money, or love of money, is said to be the root of all evil.
有人说钱或爱钱是万恶之源。 - We have to get to the root of the problem .
我们必须找到问题的根源。 - What lies at the root of his troubles is a sense of insecurity.
他的一切忧虑源于一种不安全感。 - What would you say was the root cause of the problem?
你认为问题的根源是什么?
- Money, or love of money, is said to be the root of all evil.
root sth↔up
- 连根挖起;连根拔起
to dig or pull up a plant with its roots- Flamenco has its roots in Arabic music.
弗拉明科起源于阿拉伯音乐。
- Flamenco has its roots in Arabic music.
习惯用语
n.
- put down roots
- 生根
to develop roots - 定居
to settle and live in one place - After ten years travelling the world, she felt it was time to put down roots somewhere.
游历世界十年之后,她觉得该是找个地方定居的时候了。 root and branch - 完全彻底
thoroughly and completely - The government set out to destroy the organization root and branch.
政府着手完全彻底地摧毁这个组织。 - root-and-branch reforms
全面彻底的改革 take root - 生根
to develop roots - 植根;深入人心
to become accepted widely - Fortunately, militarism failed to take root in Europe as a whole.
幸运的是,军国主义没有能够深入整个欧洲。
牛津词典
noun
- 植物 of plant
- 根;根茎
the part of a plant that grows under the ground and absorbs water and minerals that it sends to the rest of the plant- deep spreading roots
扎得很深的根 - I pulled the plant up by (= including) the roots .
我把这棵植物连根拔起。 - Tree roots can cause damage to buildings.
树根会给大楼造成损害。 - root crops/vegetables (= plants whose roots you can eat, such as carrots)
根茎作物 / 蔬菜
头发;牙齿;指甲 of hair/tooth/nail - deep spreading roots
- 根;根部
the part of a hair, tooth, nail or tongue that attaches it to the rest of the body- hair that is blonde at the ends and dark at the roots
发梢金黄而发根颜色深的头发
问题的主要原因 main cause of problem - hair that is blonde at the ends and dark at the roots
- 根源;起因
the main cause of sth, such as a problem or difficult situation- Money, or love of money, is said to be the root of all evil.
有人说钱或爱钱是万恶之源。 - We have to get to the root of the problem .
我们必须找到问题的根源。 - What lies at the root of his troubles is a sense of insecurity.
他的一切忧虑源于一种不安全感。 - What would you say was the root cause of the problem?
你认为问题的根源是什么?
起源 origin - Money, or love of money, is said to be the root of all evil.
- 起源;基础;根基
the origin or basis of sth- Flamenco has its roots in Arabic music.
弗拉明科起源于阿拉伯音乐。
与地方相关 connection with place - Flamenco has its roots in Arabic music.
- 根(指与出生地或原籍相关联的情感或联系)
the feelings or connections that you have with a place because you have lived there or your family came from there- I'm proud of my Italian roots.
我为我的意大利血统感到骄傲。 - After 20 years in America, I still feel my roots are in England.
尽管在美国生活了20年,我还是觉得我的根在英格兰。
单词 of word - I'm proud of my Italian roots.
- 词根
the part of a word that has the main meaning and that its other forms are based on; a word that other words are formed from- ‘Walk’ is the root of ‘walks’, ‘walked’, ‘walking’ and ‘walker’.
walk是walks、walked、walking和walker的词根。
数学 mathematics - ‘Walk’ is the root of ‘walks’, ‘walked’, ‘walking’ and ‘walker’.
- 方根;根
a quantity which, when multiplied by itself a particular number of times, produces another quantity
verb
- 植物 of plants
- (使)生根
to grow roots; to make or encourage a plant to grow roots 寻找 search - 翻寻
to search for sth by moving things or turning things over- pigs rooting for food
拱土觅食的猪 - ‘It must be here somewhere,’ she said, rooting through the suitcase.
“它一定就在这里的什么地方。”她一边说一边翻着衣箱。 - Who's been rooting around in my desk?
谁乱翻我的书桌了?
性 sex - pigs rooting for food
- (与某人)性交
to have sex with sb
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 根;根茎
Therootsof a plant are the parts of it that grow under the ground.- ...the twisted roots of an apple tree.
苹果树盘绕的根
- ...the twisted roots of an apple tree.
- V-ERG (使)生根成长
If youroota plant or cutting or if itroots, roots form on the bottom of its stem and it starts to grow.- Most plants will root in about six to eight weeks...
大多数植物都会在6到8周内生根。 - Root the cuttings in a heated propagator.
把插条放在加热的培育箱里生根。
- Most plants will root in about six to eight weeks...
- ADJ (蔬菜、作物等)块根的,根茎可食用的
Rootvegetables orrootcrops are grown for their roots which are large and can be eaten.- ...root crops such as carrots and potatoes.
诸如胡萝卜和马铃薯之类的块根作物
- ...root crops such as carrots and potatoes.
- N-COUNT (头发或牙齿的)根,根部
Therootof a hair or tooth is the part of it that is underneath the skin.- ...decay around the roots of teeth.
牙根周围的腐蚀 - ...wax strips which remove hairs cleanly from the root.
能彻底将毛发连根清除的脱毛蜡
- ...decay around the roots of teeth.
- N-PLURAL 根脉;祖籍;血统;根基
You can refer to the place or culture that a person or their family comes from as theirroots.- I am proud of my Brazilian roots...
我为我的巴西血统感到自豪。 - It's 21 years since she first moved to Britain from the Lebanon, but she hasn't forgotten her roots.
她从黎巴嫩搬到英国已经有21年了,但她从未忘记自己的根。
- I am proud of my Brazilian roots...
- N-UNCOUNT 根音乐(受传统文化强烈影响的流行音乐,尤指雷盖音乐)
Rootsis used to refer to pop music, especially reggae, that is strongly influenced by the traditional music of the culture that it originally came from.- ...superb roots reggae by the likes of Little Roy and Wailing Souls.
像小罗伊、“哭泣灵魂”等这一类音乐人表演的极棒的老根雷盖乐
- ...superb roots reggae by the likes of Little Roy and Wailing Souls.
- N-COUNT (问题、困境等的)根源,起因,祸根
You can refer to the cause of a problem or of an unpleasant situation asthe root ofit orthe roots ofit.- We got to the root of the problem...
我们找到了问题的根源。 - This lack of recognition was at the root of the dispute...
这种不被承认就是这次纷争的根源。 - His sense of guilt had its roots in his childhood loss of his younger sister...
他的负疚感源于他在童年失去了妹妹。 - They were treating symptoms and not the root cause.
他们是治标不治本。
- We got to the root of the problem...
- N-COUNT 词根
Therootof a word is the part that contains its meaning and to which other parts can be added.- The word 'secretary' comes from the same Latin root as the word 'secret'.
单词secretary和secret有同样的拉丁词根。
- The word 'secretary' comes from the same Latin root as the word 'secret'.
- VERB 翻找;搜寻
If youroot throughorinsomething, you search for something by moving other things around.- She rooted through the bag, found what she wanted, and headed toward the door...
她在包里翻了一阵,找到了想要的东西,然后朝门口走去。 - Dogs root in the debris at the roadside.
狗在路边的垃圾里觅食。
- She rooted through the bag, found what she wanted, and headed toward the door...
- See also:rootedcube rootgrass rootssquare root
- PHRASE 完全地;彻底地
If something has been completely changed or destroyed, you can say that it has been changed or destroyedroot and branch.- 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。 - Some prison practices are in need of root and branch reform.
有些监狱的做法需要彻底改革。
- The forces of National Socialism were transforming Germany root and branch...
- PHRASE 扎根;定居;安家
If someoneputs down roots, they make a place their home, for example by taking part in activities there or by making a lot of friends there.- When they got to Montana, they put down roots and built a life.
到了蒙大拿后,他们便在那里扎根并过上了新生活。
- When they got to Montana, they put down roots and built a life.
- PHRASE (想法、信念或风俗)深入人心,根深蒂固
If an idea, belief, or customtakes root, it becomes established among a group of people.- Time would be needed for democracy to take root...
民主观念要深入人心需要时间。 - Without a sensible sex education all kinds of strange and fantastic ideas will take root.
没有合理的性教育,各种各样奇怪荒诞的说法都会有人相信。
- Time would be needed for democracy to take root...
英英释义
noun
- the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- thematic vowels are part of the stem
- a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
- the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
- 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
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes
- a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number
verb
- take root and begin to grow
- this plant roots quickly
- cause to take roots
- become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
- He finally settled down
- dig with the snout
- the pig was rooting for truffles
- plant by the roots
- come into existence, originate
- The problem roots in her depression
双语例句
- The germ of an idea took root in Rosemary's mind
罗斯玛丽心里萌生了一个念头。 - Uncleanliness is the root of various diseases.
不注意清洁是各种疾病的根源。 - We got to the root of the problem
我们找到了问题的根源。 - 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。 - 'Gratification' and 'gratitude' have the same etymological root.
gratification和gratitude的词源相同。 - Dogs root in the debris at the roadside.
狗在路边的垃圾里觅食。 - She rooted through the bag, found what she wanted, and headed toward the door
她在包里翻了一阵,找到了想要的东西,然后朝门口走去。 - Some prison practices are in need of root and branch reform.
有些监狱的做法需要彻底改革。 - The word 'secretary' comes from the same Latin root as the word 'secret'.
单词secretary和secret有同样的拉丁词根。 - A friend sent me a root from Mexico, and I hope to naturalize it
一个朋友从墨西哥给我寄来一个根茎,我希望能在这儿把它种活。