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root² /ruːt,rʊt/ vi. | vt. ❶ vi. 1. (猪等)用鼻(或嘴)拱土(觅食) 2. 翻找;搜寻;发掘 root about among piles of papers for a missing document 在一堆堆文书里翻找一份丢失的文件 She rooted around in her handbag and found it. 她把手提包翻个遍,终于把它找到了。 root for an answer 探求答案 3. 〈美口〉(为生计等)努力工作,苦干 ❷ vt. 1. (猪等)用鼻(或嘴)拱(翻) (up, out) The pigs rooted up the garden. 猪把花园的土拱翻了起来。 2. 搜寻;发掘 (up, out) try to root the truth out of sb. 试图从某人口中探得真相 [< OE wrōtan; 受 root¹ 的影响;与 OE wrōt snout, MD wrōte mole 有关] |