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单词 root
释义
root
noun[C]
uk
/ruːt/us
/ruːt/

rootnoun[C](PLANT PART)

B2
thepartof aplantthatgrowsdown into theearthto getwaterandfoodandholdstheplantfirmin theground
根，根茎，根块
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Examples
  • Wemooredtheboatto alargetreeroot.
  • He tookholdof the plant's root andpulled.
  • The tree's roots go down threemetres.
  • Grow thebulbsin atransparentplasticbox, so thechildrencanseethe rootsgrowing.
  • We werediscussingthe roots of thecurrenteconomicmalaise.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Parts of plants
  • bilobed
  • blade
  • bough
  • bulb
  • calyx
  • caning
  • cascara sagrada
  • corolla
  • endodermis
  • needle
  • outgrowth
  • rhizome
  • simple leaf
  • spine
  • stoma
  • tea leaf
  • variegation
  • vascular
  • veined
  • vesicle
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rootnoun[C](CAUSE/ORIGIN)

C1
thecauseororiginof somethingbad:
（坏事的）根源，根由，原因
We mustget to therootof(=discoverthecauseof)thisproblem.我们一定要探本溯源，查出造成这个问题的原因。
Whatis/liesatthe rootoftheproblemistheirlackofinterest.这一问题的根本原因是他们缺乏兴趣。
The highcrimeratehasitsrootsinunemploymentandpoverty.高犯罪率的根源在于失业和贫穷。
So what's the rootcauseof hisanxiety?那么使他焦虑的根本原因是什么呢？
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
the cause of something
  • reasonI frankly don’t understand the reason for the delay.
  • causeInvestigators have not yet determined the cause of the fire.
  • rootWe need to get to the root of her problems.
  • motiveThere seems to have been no motive for the murder.
  • ground(s)On what grounds was she dismissed?
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rootsB2[plural]
origins:
根，根源，起源
Thecityof Tours cantraceitsrootsback toRomantimes.图尔城的历史可以追溯到古罗马时代。
See also
grassrootsadjective
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Origins and sources
  • bases
  • be a recipe for disaster, trouble, success, etc.idiom
  • beginning
  • birth
  • birthplace
  • born
  • breeding ground
  • cradle
  • emanate from/throughsomething/someone
  • fount
  • fountainhead
  • gateway drug
  • genesis
  • hail
  • originate
  • paternity
  • provenance
  • recipe
  • seed
  • son
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rootnoun[C](OF TOOTH/HAIR/NAIL)

thepartof ahair,tooth, ornailthat is under theskin
（毛发、牙或指甲的）根部
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Hair
  • anti-dandruff
  • as bald as a cootphrase
  • baldness
  • baldy
  • bedhead
  • curl
  • five o'clock shadow
  • frizzle
  • frizzy
  • fuzzy
  • goatee
  • lank
  • mane
  • muttonchops
  • rug
  • scurf
  • slaphead
  • walrus moustache
  • waxed
  • wig
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The skin, hair & bone of non-human animals

rootnoun[C](OF WORD)

languagespecialized
The root of a word isitsmostbasicform, to which otherparts, such asaffixes, can beadded:
词根
The root of the word "sitting" is "sit".sitting 这个词的词根是 sit。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Linguistics: morphology & parts of words
  • -athon
  • -ative
  • affix
  • agglutinate
  • agglutinative
  • analytic
  • combining form
  • contraction
  • ion
  • ism
  • libfix
  • monomorphemic
  • morphological
  • morphology
  • suffix
  • there'd
  • there's
  • trigraph
  • trisyllabic
  • trisyllable
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rootnoun[C](IN MATHEMATICS)

mathematicsspecialized
asolutionof someequations(=mathematicalstatements)
（数学方程式的）根
specialized
A root of aparticularnumberis anothernumberthat, whenmultipliedby itself one or moretimes,reachesthatnumber:
根；方根
Thesquareroot of 64 is 8, and thecuberoot of 64 is 4.64的平方根是8，立方根是4。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Calculations & calculating
  • algebraic
  • algebraically
  • algo
  • algorithmic
  • amount
  • calculate
  • calculator
  • count
  • formula
  • guesstimate
  • interpolate
  • matrix
  • miscalculation
  • multigrid
  • multigroup
  • multipole
  • non-commutative
  • number-crunching
  • QED
  • triangulation
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Terms for numbers

Idioms

put down roots
root and branch
take root
root
verb
uk
/ruːt/us
/ruːt/

rootverb(LOOK)

[Iusually+ adv/prep]
tolookfor something byturningthings over:
翻找，翻寻
She rootedthrough/amongthepaperson herdesk.她在桌上的文件中翻来翻去地找东西。
Thepigsrootedforacornsin theforest.猪在树林里翻拱找橡子吃。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Searching
  • -seeking
  • beachcomb
  • beachcomber
  • beachcombing
  • body search
  • bounty hunter
  • divine
  • hunting ground
  • keepyour/aneye out forsomeone/somethingidiom
  • leave no stone unturnedidiom
  • lookout
  • manhunt
  • mudlark
  • needle
  • scout
  • scrounge around
  • search
  • seeksomeone/somethingout
  • seeker
  • troll
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rootverb(PLANT)

[I]
togrowroots:
生根；长出根来
Thetreesfailedto root and sodied.这些树没能生根，所以都死了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Flowers - general words
  • -petalled
  • abscission
  • anther
  • be in blossomidiom
  • bloom
  • blossom
  • come
  • come out
  • double
  • female
  • flowery
  • head
  • in floweridiom
  • multi-headed
  • photorespiration
  • photosynthesize
  • pollen
  • posy
  • stalk
  • stamen
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Phrasal verbs

root around(somewhere)
root forsomeone
rootsomething/someoneout
rootsomethingout/up
(Definition ofrootfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

root| American Dictionary

root
noun
us
/rut,rʊt/

rootnoun(PLANT PART)

[C]biology
thepartof aplantwhichgrowsdown into theearth
[C]biology
The root of ahair,tooth, ornailis thepartof it that is inside thebody.

rootnoun(ORIGIN)

[C]
theoriginorsourceof something:
We must get to the root of thisproblem.

rootnoun(WORD)

[C]
thebasicformof a word, to whichprefixesorendingscan beadded:
The root of the word "sitting" is "sit."

rootnoun(number)

algebra
anumberthat is thesolutionof anequation(=mathematicalstatement)

rooted

adjective[not gradable]us
/ˈrut̬·əd,ˈrʊt̬-/
deeplyrootedloyalty
root
verb[I/T]
us
/rut,rʊt/

rootverb[I/T](PLANT PART)

(of aplant) todeveloproots andbegintogrow

Phrasal verb

root forsomeone/something
(Definition ofrootfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofroot

root
Compare a non-highrootthat conditions retracted prefixes (42) with one that appears with an advanced prefix (43).
From theCambridge English Corpus
The incorporated form requires a short vowel because the only matching base is the boundroot\\-wok-\\, which occurs in the incorporated form.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In the initial syllable of a verbroot, there are no restrictions on the occurrence of vowel features.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Prenasalisation is restricted to the first obstruent in aroot.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In this language, 1st person singular is marked by an affix which induces nasalisation, butrootnasals never initiate the process.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Nasalisation in the 1st person form is more limited when therootcontains an obstruent.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Not just anyrootwith two identical consonants is counted here as pseudoreduplicated, so this observation is not vacuous.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Total reduplication of a quadrisyllabicrootproduces a dipodal reduplicant, which is worse aligned than the monopodal reduplicant (37a).
From theCambridge English Corpus
The evidence that the initial vowel is not underlying is that it is absent when the samerootoccurs in polysyllabic words.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Even if an underlyingly monosyllabicrootis pronounced with an intrusive copy vowel, an epenthetic copy vowel must also be added, as shown in (6).
From theCambridge English Corpus
Just in case therootis monosyllabic, as in (9), the subject prefix is lengthened.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Such constraints would govern identity between all corresponding features regardless of whether they are attached to arootnode or not.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The term prosodic feature refers here to the phonological exponent of a featural morpheme which is underlyingly free and unattached to arootnode.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Rosenthall's major claim is that the attested shapes ofrootaugmentations follow from various templatic requirements on the bases of plural affixation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The constraint hierarchy in (9) exemplifies therootphonology.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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Collocationswithroot

root

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biological roots
The present findings underscore the need to include culture in the study of resilience, in addition to its biological roots and social correlates.
From theCambridge English Corpus
cassava root
This shows that the use of resistant genotypes is a potential approach to effective management ofcassavarootrot disease.
From theCambridge English Corpus
deep root
Evidence of faulting, however, is restricted to this profile, and there is no evidence of anydeeprootto the structure.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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