root

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基本釋義

n.
根(部); 根源; 起源; 祖籍; 詞根
v.
(使)生根; 翻尋
adj.
根莖可食用的

詞性變化

實用例句

deep spreading roots

扎得很深的根

牛津詞典

I pulled the plant up by (= including) the roots .

我把這棵植物連根拔起。

牛津詞典

Tree roots can cause damage to buildings.

樹根會給大樓造成損害。

牛津詞典

root crops/vegetables (= plants whose roots you can eat, such as carrots)

根莖作物 / 蔬菜

牛津詞典

hair that is blonde at the ends and dark at the roots

發(fā)梢金黃而發(fā)根顏色深的頭發(fā)

牛津詞典

Money, or love of money, is said to be the root of all evil.

有人說錢或愛錢是萬惡之源。

牛津詞典

We have to get to the root of the problem .

我們必須找到問題的根源。

牛津詞典

What lies at the root of his troubles is a sense of insecurity.

他的一切憂慮源于一種不安全感。

牛津詞典

What would you say was the root cause of the problem?

你認(rèn)為問題的根源是什么?

牛津詞典

Flamenco has its roots in Arabic music.

弗拉明科起源于阿拉伯音樂。

牛津詞典

I'm proud of my Italian roots.

我為我的意大利血統(tǒng)感到驕傲。

牛津詞典

...the twisted roots of an apple tree.

蘋果樹盤繞的根

Most plants will root in about six to eight weeks...

大多數(shù)植物都會在6到8周內(nèi)生根。

Root the cuttings in a heated propagator.

把插條放在加熱的培育箱里生根。

...root crops such as carrots and potatoes.

諸如胡蘿卜和馬鈴薯之類的塊根作物

...decay around the roots of teeth.

牙根周圍的腐蝕

...wax strips which remove hairs cleanly from the root.

能徹底將毛發(fā)連根清除的脫毛蠟

I am proud of my Brazilian roots...

我為我的巴西血統(tǒng)感到自豪。

It's 21 years since she first moved to Britain from the Lebanon, but she hasn't forgotten her roots.

她從黎巴嫩搬到英國已經(jīng)有21年了,但她從未忘記自己的根。

...superb roots reggae by the likes of Little Roy and Wailing Souls.

像小羅伊、“哭泣靈魂”等這一類音樂人表演的極棒的老根雷蓋樂

We got to the root of the problem...

我們找到了問題的根源。

This lack of recognition was at the root of the dispute...

這種不被承認(rèn)就是這次紛爭的根源。

The word 'secretary' comes from the same Latin root as the word 'secret'.

單詞secretary和secret有同樣的拉丁詞根。

She rooted through the bag, found what she wanted, and headed toward the door...

她在包里翻了一陣,找到了想要的東西,然后朝門口走去。

Dogs root in the debris at the roadside.

狗在路邊的垃圾里覓食。

The forces of National Socialism were transforming Germany root and branch...

納粹主義勢力當(dāng)時正在徹底改變德國。

Some prison practices are in need of root and branch reform.

有些監(jiān)獄的做法需要徹底改革。

When they got to Montana, they put down roots and built a life.

到了蒙大拿后,他們便在那里扎根并過上了新生活。

Time would be needed for democracy to take root...

民主觀念要深入人心需要時間。

Without a sensible sex education all kinds of strange and fantastic ideas will take root.

沒有合理的性教育,各種各樣奇怪荒誕的說法都會有人相信。

真題例句

With wild carrots, the roots are white, small and skinny, so you’d have to pick a lot of wild carrots to get enough to eat.

出自-2017年6月聽力原文

Doctors used carrot seeds and roots as medicine, on the theory that foods that taste bad must be good for you.

出自-2017年6月聽力原文

contributes to environmental protection Romantic love has clear evolutionary roots but our views about what makes an ideal romantic relationship can be swayed by the society we live in

出自-2013年6月閱讀原文

Although Kodak anticipated the inevitable rise of digital photography, its corporate(企業(yè)的) culture was too rooted in the successes of the past for it to make the clean break necessary to fully embrace the future.

出自-2013年6月閱讀原文

Money is considered to be the root of all evils.

出自-2011年12月閱讀原文

The British airports Authority, recently bought by a Spanish company, says the root cause of the problem is not the ownership structure, but a lack of runway and terminal capacity, which it's addressing through a programme of heavy investment.

2016年6月四級真題(第二套)聽力 Section A

Why, then, has this claim become so popular?Part of the answer is that this is what always happens during periods of high unemployment—in part because experts and analysts believe that declaring the problem deeply rooted, with no easy answers, makes them sound serious.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

The roots of his speech, given in March at the roundtable meeting of environment and energy ministers from the G20 group of nations, stretch back to 1972, and the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

While yoga and meditation are scientifically proven to reduce stress levels, these programs do little to target the root causes of burnout and disengagement.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

It is based on racial roots.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Twitter's huge success is rooted in the simple but profound insight that in a medium with infinite space for self-expression, the most interesting thing we can do is restrict ourselves to 140 characters.

出自-2013年12月閱讀原文

While yoga and meditation are scientifically proven to reduce stress levels, these programs do little to target the root causes of burnout and disengagement.

2016年12月六級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

Business people, political leaders, university professors, and especially millions of grass-roots Americans are taking part in the movement.

2014年高考英語全國卷2 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

But he argued that this did not prove parental involvement was the root cause of that success.

2015年高考英語陜西卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

Early forms of cake were simply a kind of bread, so this tradition hits its roots in the custom of sharing bread.

2015年高考英語安徽卷 閱讀理解 閱讀E 原文

In Julius Caesar, for example, Cassius's sly provocation of Brutus to take up arms against Caesar was the basis for a discussion of methods of team building and grass roots organising.

2015年高考英語上海卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

She didn't want her children to miss out on their roots.

2014年高考英語全國卷2 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

So how can you come up with brilliant daydreams and avoid falling over tree roots or otherwise looking like a fool?

2015年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 單項填空 原文

Steve and Naomi spoke in musical code lines, beats, intervals, moving from the root to end a song in a new key.

2019年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

Swimming pools, wine tasting, and pink sunsets at normal evening hours, not 4 in the afternoon filled the weekend, but the best part- particularly to my taste, dulled by months of cold--weather root vegetables--was a 7 a.m. adventure to the Sarasot

2015年高考英語全國卷1 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

The friendship that grew out of the experience of making that film and the sting four years later had its root in the fact that although there was an age difference, we both came from a tradition of theater and live TV.

2017年高考英語全國卷2 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

This suggests that British attitudes towards accent have deep roots and are based on class prejudice.

2015年高考英語廣東卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

We need to get to the root of the problem before we can solve it.

2015年高考英語天津卷 單項填空 原文

DNA testing is also the latest rage many passionate genealogists-and supports businesses that offer to search for a family's geographic roots.

出自-2009年考研閱讀原文

These issues all have root causes in human behavior: all require behavioral change and social innovations, as well as technological development.

出自-2013年考研閱讀原文

Yet science has a cultural history, too, with roots going back to the dawn of civilization.

出自-2017年考研閱讀原文

英英釋義

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

    "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

  • 3. 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"

  • 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. take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for;

    "We all rooted for the home team"

    "I'm pulling for the underdog"

    "Are you siding with the defender of the title?"

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

    "He finally settled down"

  • 7. cause to take roots

同義詞辨析

origin, source, root

這些名詞均有"起源,起因,根源"之意。

  • origin: 側(cè)重指事物的起源或由來,也指人的出身。
  • source: 本義指某地系河流或瀑布的源頭,引申指某事的來源出處,但更多指抽象事物的根源或來源。
  • root: 通常指事物產(chǎn)生的原因或根源。

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