单词 | uproot |
释义 | uproot (ʌpruːt ) 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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