| 单词 | to make root |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make root b. Without article. Also in phrases, as to gather root, to make root, etc.to take, strike root: see the Phrases section. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > root > plant defined by roots > have root [verb (intransitive)] > take root to take roota1400 roota1425 take?1440 to take rooting1548 sprig1611 radicate1656 to strike root (also roots)1658 tap-root1769 to make root1856 fibre1869 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Squire's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 145 Euery gras þt groweth vp on roote She shal eek knowe. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 161 (MED) I am hevy heed and footte; I xulde stumbyll at resch and root And I xuld goo a myle. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Trial of Fox l. 1001 in Poems (1981) 42 Ouer ron and rute thay ran togidder raith. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 35v Thy garden plot..well clensed & purged, of roote & of stone. 1657 J. Beale Herefordshire Orchards 16 That the setlings might gather root as well in that vulgar ground, as also in the finer mould. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Root-grafting Which Piece of Root will draw in Sap, and nourish the Graft. 1793 J. Trapp tr. A. Rochon Voy. Madagascar 390 The tripam is a little spungy plant without root, and like a mushroom. 1856 G. Glenny Gardener's Every Day Bk. 263 The object of this is to let them make root when inclined, but not to grow any until wanted. 1889 Trans. Iowa State Hort. Soc. 1888 23 303 Slender, tall canes can be gotten down easily and quickly without digging at root. 1909 School Rev. 17 25 The plant is a living growth, which has put out root, stem, and leaf. 1972 McGraw-Hill Yearbk. Sci. & Technol. 1971 358/2 Q is the rate of uptake per unit length of root from a stirred solution having a concentration C. 1998 G. Hollingshead Healer iii. 215 Stony clotted yellow loam..amongst the veinous wheels of root. < as lemmas |
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