root

Elm trees have shallow roots.榆树的根很浅。

Pull weeds up by the roots so that they don't grow back.把草连根拔起就不会再长出来了。

You can tell that she dyes her hair blonde because her dark roots are showing.可以看出她的金发是染的，因为她的黑发根露出来了。

He believes that money is the root of all evil. [=money causes people to do bad things]他认为金钱是万恶之源。

We need to get to the root of the problem. = We need to get to the root cause of the problem.我们需要查清问题的根源。

Simple greed was at the root of the robbery. [=was the reason for the robbery]抢劫的根本原因在于贪心。

Rock-and-roll music has its roots in blues music. [=rock-and-roll music originated/developed from blues music]摇滚乐起源于布鲁斯音乐。

They have traced their roots [=ancestry] back several generations.他们追溯到前几辈的祖先。

She's a dedicated teacher with roots in the community.她扎根社区，是一位富有献身精神的教师。

His family has roots in the New York theater scene.他的家庭与纽约戏剧界颇有渊源。

a novelist with roots deep in Southern life与南方生活有深厚渊源的小说家

2 is the 4th root of 16. [=2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 16]*2是16的4次方根。

“Butler” and “bottle” come from the same Latin root.单词butler和bottle来自同一个拉丁语词根。

“Hold” is the root of “holder.”单词hold是holder的词根。

The plants had difficulty rooting in the poor soil.这些植物在贫瘠的土壤里难以生根。

She rooted the seedlings in pots before planting them in the garden.她将幼苗放在花盆里生根，然后再把它们移植到花园里。

The lichen rooted itself to the rock.

The lichen was rooted to the rock.

Fear rooted me to my chair.我吓得坐在椅子上动弹不得。

I was rooted to my chair by/with fear.我吓得坐在椅子上动弹不得。

We rooted through the desk drawers for the phone bill.我们在书桌的抽屉里翻找电话账单。

She rooted around in her purse to find her keys.她翻遍手提包找钥匙。

I think I'll root around for some leftovers in the fridge.我就想在冰箱里找点剩饭吃一口。

a rooting pig拱土觅食的猪