root是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 the part of a plant that grows down into the earth to get water and food and holds the plant firm in the ground -- 根，根莖，根塊

• 1 the cause or origin of something bad -- （壞事的）根源，根由，原因

  • We must get to the root of (= discover the cause of) this problem. 我們一定要探本溯源，查出造成這個問題的原因。

  • What is/lies at the root of the problem is their lack of interest. 這一問題的根本原因是他們缺乏興趣。

  • The high crime rate has its roots in unemployment and poverty. 高犯罪率的根源在於失業和貧窮。

  • So what's the root cause of his anxiety? 那麽使他焦慮的根本原因是甚麽呢？

  • The city of Tours can trace its roots back to Roman times. 圖爾城的歷史可以追溯到古羅馬時代。

• 2 the part of a hair, tooth, or nail that is under the skin -- （毛髮、牙或指甲的）根部

• 3 The root of a word is its most basic form, to which other parts, such as affixes, can be added. -- 詞根

  • The root of the word "sitting" is "sit". sitting 這個詞的詞根是 sit。

• 4 a solution of some equations (= mathematical statements) -- （數學方程式的）根

  • The square root of 64 is 8, and the cube root of 64 is 4. 64的平方根是八，立方根是四。

• 5 to look for something by turning things over -- 翻找，翻尋

  • She rooted through/among the papers on her desk. 她在桌上的文件中翻來翻去地找東西。

  • The pigs rooted for acorns in the forest. 豬在樹林裡翻拱找橡子吃。

• 6 to grow roots -- 生根；長出根來

  • The trees failed to root and so died. 這些樹沒能生根，所以都死了。