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单词 uproot
释义
uproot
(ʌprt )
Word forms: uproots , uprooting , uprooted
1. verb
If you uproot yourself or if you are uprooted, you leave, or are made to leave, a place where you have lived for a long time.
...the trauma of uprooting themselves from their homes. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]
He had no wish to uproot Dena from her present home. [VERB noun]
...refugees who were uprooted during the civil war. [be VERB-ed]
Synonyms: displace, remove, exile, disorient  
2. verb
If someone uproots a tree or plant, or if the wind uproots it, it is pulled out of the ground.
They had been forced to uproot their vines and plant wheat. [VERB noun]
...fallen trees which have been uprooted by the storm. [VERB noun]
...uprooted trees. [VERB-ed]
Synonyms: pull up, dig up, root out, weed out  
Collocations:
uproot a tree
And then we uproot a tree and put it in our sitting room.
The Sun
She appeared just an hour after 75mph winds uprooted a tree and made an escape route from a hole.
The Sun
Solid without uprooting any trees.
The Sun
She was found wandering around in a dazed state after a storm uprooted a tree allowing her to escape.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 使…离开家园
Japanese: 立ち退かせる
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