| 释义 |
root noun—根 n (almost always used) 源 n (often used) 根源 n (often used) 本 n 根本 n Examples:Sichuan codonopsis (Codonopsis pilosula, root used in TCM)—Ampelopsis japonica (creeper with root used in TCM)—cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch—lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. destroy root and branch—root out the strong and support the weak (idiom); to rob the rich and give to the poor—Dioscorea alata (Kinampay or aromatic purple yam, a sweet root crop)—manyprickle (Acanthopanax senticosus), root used in TCM—root out the strong and give people peace (idiom); to rob the rich and give to the poor—treat only the symptoms but not the root cause—yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus), a vine with sweet edible root—fundamental theorem of algebra (every polynomial has a complex root)—branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party—root of herbaceous peony (Paeonia lactiflora), used in TCM—determine the root of a word by removing prefix and suffix—morinda root (Morinda officinalis), plant used in Chinese medicine—algebraic expression involving a square root or other irrationality—square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)—treat the symptoms rather than getting to the root of the problem (proverb)—lit. invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect—Lithospermum erythrorhizon (flowering plant whose root provides red purple dye)—discriminant (e.g. b^2-4ac in the formula for the root of a quadratic equation)—Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine)—red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon)— |