英汉词典

root 基本解释

• n. 根；根源；词根；祖先
• vi. 生根；根除
• vt. 生根，固定；根源在于
• n. (Root)人名；(英)鲁特；(德、瑞典)罗特

root 词态变化

root 中文词源

来自古英语 rot,根，来自 Proto-Germanic*wrot,根，草根，植物，来自 PIE*wrad,根，小枝， 词源同 wort,radish.引申词义根部，根基等。

root 英文词源

root

root: Root of a plant [OE] and root ‘dig with the nose’ [14] are distinct words. The former was borrowed from Old Norse rót, which goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base *wrd-. This also produced Latin rādīx ‘root’, source of English radical, radish, etc. Root ‘dig’ is an alteration of an earlier wroot, which went back to Old English wrōtan. It is usually assumed that root ‘cheer, support’, which first emerged in America in the late 19th century, is the same word.
=> radical, radish

root (n.)

"underground part of a plant," late Old English rot, from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse rot "root," figuratively "cause, origin," from Proto-Germanic *wrot (cognates: Old English wyrt "root, herb, plant," Old High German wurz, German Wurz "a plant," Gothic waurts "a root," with characteristic Scandinavian loss of -w- before -r-), from PIE *wrad- (see radish (n.), and compare wort). The usual Old English words for "root" were wyrttruma and wyrtwala.

Figurative use is from c. 1200. Of teeth, hair, etc., from early 13c. Mathematical sense is from 1550s. Philological sense from 1520s. Slang meaning "penis" is recorded from 1846. In U.S. black use, "a spell effected by magical properties of roots," 1935. To take root is from 1530s. Root beer, made from the extracts of various roots, first recorded 1841, American English; root doctor is from 1821. Root cap is from 1875.

root (v.1)

"dig with the snout," 1530s, from Middle English wroten "dig with the snout," from Old English wrotan "to root up," from Proto-Germanic *wrot- (cognates: Old Norse rota, Swedish rota "to dig out, root," Middle Low German wroten, Middle Dutch wroeten, Old High German ruozian "to plow up"), from PIE root *wrod- "to root, gnaw."

Associated with the verb sense of root (n.). Extended sense of "poke about, pry" first recorded 1831. Phrase root hog or die "work or fail" first attested 1834, American English (in works of Davey Crockett, who noted it as an "old saying"). Reduplicated form rootin' tootin' "noisy, rambunctious" is recorded from 1875.

root (v.2)

"cheer, support," 1889, American English, originally in a baseball context, probably from root (v.1) via intermediate sense of "study, work hard" (1856). Related: Rooted; rooting.

root (v.3)

"fix or firmly attach by roots" (often figurative), early 13c., from root (n.); sense of "pull up by the root" (now usually uproot) also is from late 14c. Related: Rooted; rooting.

root 词组搭配

root 英文释义

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

root 同义词解析

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： 本义指某地系河流或瀑布的源头，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。

root 双语例句

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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root 实用场景例句

deep spreading roots

扎得很深的根

牛津词典

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

我把这棵植物连根拔起。

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Tree roots can cause damage to buildings.

树根会给大楼造成损害。

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

根茎作物 / 蔬菜

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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

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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。

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We have to get to the root of the problem .

我们必须找到问题的根源。

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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。

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

你认为问题的根源是什么？

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Flamenco has its roots in Arabic music.

弗拉明科起源于阿拉伯音乐。

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I'm proud of my Italian roots.

我为我的意大利血统感到骄傲。

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...the twisted roots of an apple tree.

苹果树盘绕的根

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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。

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Root the cuttings in a heated propagator.

把插条放在加热的培育箱里生根。

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...root crops such as carrots and potatoes.

诸如胡萝卜和马铃薯之类的块根作物

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...decay around the roots of teeth.

牙根周围的腐蚀

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

能彻底将毛发连根清除的脱毛蜡

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I am proud of my Brazilian roots...

我为我的巴西血统感到自豪。

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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。

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...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

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We got to the root of the problem...

我们找到了问题的根源。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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Dogs root in the debris at the roadside.

狗在路边的垃圾里觅食。

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

有些监狱的做法需要彻底改革。

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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。

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

民主观念要深入人心需要时间。

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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。

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