uproot
美音:
[əp´ru:t
]英音:
[əp´ru:t
]vt.连根拔起,根除
难易程度:
uproot为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:uprootedness 动词过去式:uprooted 过去分词:uprooted 现在分词:uprooting 第三人称单数:uproots
词根
up-=up,aloft
相关词
uproot
/,ʌp'ru:t; ʌp`rut/
v
1 [Tn esp passive 尤用于被动语态] pull (a tree, plant, etc) out of the ground together with its roots 将(树、花草等)连根拔起.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb/oneself (from sth/...) (fig 比喻) force sb/oneself to leave a place where he/one was born or has become settled 迫使某人[自己]离开出生地或定居处
*She uprooted herself from the farm and moved to London. 她别井离乡从农场搬到伦敦.
uproot
v [I and T]
to pull a plant and its roots out of the ground
to make someone leave their home for a new place, especially when this is difficult or upsetting
He rejected the idea of uprooting himself and moving to America.