uprooting
present participle ofuproot
| 单词 | uprooting |
| 释义 | uprooting present participle ofuproot uproot verb[T] uk/ʌpˈruːt/us/ʌpˈruːt/uprootverb[T](PLANT)topullaplantincludingitsrootsout of theground: Hundreds ofmaturetreeswere uprooted in thestorm. Gardening - general words
uprootverb[T](PERSON)toremoveapersonfromtheirhomeorusualenvironment: Thewarhas uprootednearlytwothirdsof the country'spopulation. Evicting and forcing to leave
Examplesofuprootinguprooting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This study highlights the importance of poor drainage which has two important consequences favouringuprooting. From theCambridge English Corpus The general effect of poor drainage on mode of death was to increaseuprootingbut decrease snapping proportions. From theCambridge English Corpus Windstorms that cause treeuprootingon particularly unsteady soils as well as periodic strong runoffs contribute to create or maintain a local hummock-hollow topography. From theCambridge English Corpus Farmers start with seedlings 50-60 days old, planting them densely and often several days afteruprootingfrom seedbeds. From theCambridge English Corpus The massuprootingof the population further fostered discontent and political activism among them, leading the authorities to adopt an even more repressive policy. From theCambridge English Corpus Snapping anduprootingof trees: structural determinants and ecological characteristics. From theCambridge English Corpus Uprootingand snapping of trees: structural determinants and ecological consequences. From theCambridge English Corpus Most gaps were formed by the fall of trees, due either to trunk-snapping (53 individuals) or touprooting(35 individuals). From theCambridge English Corpus What do they think about "honor," the "uprooting," and "land before honor"? From theCambridge English Corpus These laments go deeper than reactionary mourning over theuprootingof the peasantry. From theCambridge English Corpus Snapping of trees involves the same physical agents asuprooting, but biotic elements are arguably of greater importance for snapping. From theCambridge English Corpus This was considered to be the only way to develop among them a new identity withoutuprootingthem. From theCambridge English Corpus Uprootingand snapping of trees: structural and ecological consequences. From theCambridge English Corpus Severe damage (uprooting, snapped stems) affected 25% of the 2030 stems measured. From theCambridge English Corpus The proximate causes ofuprootingare predominantly physical. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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