单词 | root room |
释义 | > as lemmasroot room root room n. (a) a room used for storing edible roots and tubers; (b) sufficient space for the roots of a plant; also figurative. ΚΠ 1754 J. Justice Scots Gardiners Director ii. 206 They may be laid up into their respective Apartments in the Root-room to dry. ?1799–1801 H. C. Andrews Botanist's Repository II. Pl. CXXIV This plant requires a considerable degree of moisture and heat, as well as much root room and rich earth. 1854 Trans. N.Y. State Agric. Soc. 1853 13 258 This passage way..admits of a wagon or cart being backed, for loading of roots from the root room. c1887 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 103 I do advise You, jaded, let be; call off thoughts awhile Elsewhere; leave comfort root-room. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 100/4 To get good fruit and plenty of it, there must be root room and abundant sunshine. 1992 S. Birdsell Chrome Suite ii. xii. 243 Elaine also has a root room for storing turnips, parsnips, and carrots. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 10 Feb. d2/1 C. thomsoniae blooms on new growth. Summer it outdoors if you can. And give it a large pot; it likes a lot of root room. < as lemmas |
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