root

英[ruːt]
美[ruːt]

基本释义

  • n.根(部); 根源; 起源; 祖籍; 词根
  • v.(使)生根; 翻寻
  • adj.根茎可食用的

词性变化

实用例句

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。

牛津词典

Tree roots can cause damage to buildings.

树根会给大楼造成损害。

牛津词典

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

根茎作物 / 蔬菜

牛津词典

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

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

We have to get to the root of the problem .

我们必须找到问题的根源。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

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

你认为问题的根源是什么?

牛津词典

Flamenco has its roots in Arabic music.

弗拉明科起源于阿拉伯音乐。

牛津词典

I'm proud of my Italian roots.

我为我的意大利血统感到骄傲。

牛津词典

...the twisted roots of an apple tree.

苹果树盘绕的根

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。

...root crops such as carrots and potatoes.

诸如胡萝卜和马铃薯之类的块根作物

...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

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。

...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

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

真题例句

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月听力原文

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月听力原文

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月阅读原文

Although Kodak anticipated the inevitable rise of digital photography, its corporate(企业的) 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月阅读原文

Money is considered to be the root of all evils.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

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月四级真题(第二套)听力 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月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

It is based on racial roots.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

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月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

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

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

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

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读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年高考英语安徽卷 阅读理解 阅读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年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

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

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读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年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 单项填空 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年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读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年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读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年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

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

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

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

2015年高考英语天津卷 单项填空 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年考研阅读原文

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

出自-2013年考研阅读原文

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

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

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. (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

同义词辨析

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。

反义词