[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
[C]根本,根源 the fact or condition from which sth begins, or by which sth is caused
[P]祖籍,原籍 origin
v.(动词)
vi. & vt. (使)生根,(使)扎根 (cause to) form roots
Noun:
(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
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"
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed;
"thematic vowels are part of the stem"
a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number
the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support
Verb:
take root and begin to grow;
"this plant roots quickly"
come into existence, originate;
"The problem roots in her depression"
plant by the roots
dig with the snout;
"the pig was rooting for truffles"
become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style;
"He finally settled down"
cause to take roots
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用作名词(n.)
本质上 in the fact of points
用作动词(v.)
连根带叶; 彻底的 completely; complete
用作名词(n.)
The fence posts took root and grew into the earth. 篱笆生了根,长在了地里。
The root grows down. 根向下长。
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。
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。
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。
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。
You have to dig down deeply to fork up the roots. 你得深挖一些才能耙出根来。
Cover the roots of the plant with earth. 用土把植物的根盖住。
He caught his foot on a tree root and stumbled. 他一只脚绊在树根上,几乎跌倒。
I stumbled over a tree root. 树根绊了我的脚。
She flushed to the roots of her hair. 她的脸红到脖子根。
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。
His selfishness was the root of trouble. 他的自私是苦恼的根源。
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。