单词 | uproot |
释义 | uprootn. An uprooted tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by quality or health > [noun] > fallen or uprooted rower1442 windfall1464 root-fall1584 down timber1837 deadfall1883 uproot1891 timber-fall1897 1891 E. Roper By Track & Trail iii. 33 Stumps and logs and fallen trees, uproots and old dead weeds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). uprootv.1 a. transitive. To tear up by the roots; to remove from a fixed position. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] stira1000 unsheathec1374 removea1398 shifta1400 disroom1489 supplant1534 unplacec1550 displace1552 unperch1578 dislodge1579 unsiege1594 disnest1596 unroost1598 unset1602 unseat1611 dis-element1612 dishabita1616 dislocate1623 disroota1625 disseata1625 rede1638 discardinate1648 disturb1664 disblock1665 start1676 uproot1695 disrest1696 disconcert1744 disannul1794 deplace1839 delocalize1855 disembed1885 disniche1889 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > root out or up louka1000 morec1325 roota1387 unroot?a1425 stubc1450 roota1500 rid?1529 root-walt?1530 subplant1547 supplant1549 root?1550 grub1558 eradicate1564 to stump up1599 deracinate1609 uproot1695 aberuncate1731 eracinate1739 rootle1795 disroot1800 piggle1847 1695 W. Congreve Pindarique Ode on Namure viii. 6 Uprooting Hills..To form the High and Dreadful Scale. 1771 J. Beattie Minstrel: Bk. 1st xxvi. 14 The river..Down the vale thunders; and..Uproots the grove. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 475 Storms and hurricanes sometimes happen, which..uproot trees. 1839 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz (new ed.) 368 Mr. Cymon..uprooted the chairs, and removed them further back. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxv. 185 We were powerfully shaken, but had no fear of being uprooted. 1877 T. H. Huxley Physiography 171 The stalks are not uprooted and carried across the field. b. figurative. To remove as by tearing up; to eradicate, exterminate, destroy. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > eradicate or extirpate fornimOE to put awaya1382 outroot?a1425 unroot?a1425 out-razec1425 to pluck up1484 avell1530 sweep1560 depopulate1576 ruina1586 assoil1596 to lay aside1596 untop1598 displant1603 float1606 to take off1619 amolish1624 uproota1639 eradicate1647 to lay by1681 to polish off1827 uprend1911 to zero out1951 a1639 J. Dyke Right Receiving of Christ (1640) xiv. 193 Before wee can be rooted in Christ, we must be un-rooted and up-rooted in regard of our naturall condition. 1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes II. iii. xxiv. 52 Tear forth, uprooted from the youthful Breast, The Seeds of each deprav'd Desire. 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab ix. 120 Uproot The germs of misery from the human heart. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. viii. 173 That he acted on any settled scheme of uprooting the nationality, the laws, or the language of England is an exploded fable. Derivatives upˈrootal n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > [noun] > rooting out or up rooting1533 extirpation1675 uprooting1775 uprootal1861 1861 Macmillan's Mag. 10 22 He would have shrieked like a mandrake at uprootal. 1890 W. C. Russell My Shipmate Louise II. 285 The sudden uprootal and crash of their one mast and sail. upˈrooter n. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > eradication or extirpation > one who or that which eradicates or extirpates extirperc1503 voiderc1528 rooter1560 disperser1580 depeller1597 eradicator1659 extirpator1706 dispeller1717 uprooter1828 dispellent1869 extirpationist1881 1828 Campbell On Battle of Navarino 10 No! your lofty emprise was to fetter and foil The uprooter of Greece's domain! 1882 Blackwood's Mag. 132 102/2 War..—that remorseless and violent uprooter of ordinary life. upˈrooting n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [noun] displacing1551 dislodge1587 dislocation1604 displantinga1616 elocation1649 dislodgement1728 uprooting1775 displacement1803 disrooting1826 rooting1876 delocalization1887 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > exile or state of > [noun] flemeOE exilec1330 flemingc1374 relegationc1425 sequestrationa1450 exulation1535 extermination1586 deportation1595 exportationa1610 displantation1614 elimination1623 discommonwealthing1647 ejection1655 self-exile1712 uprooting1775 expatriation1816 dissettlement1880 uprootedness1927 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > [noun] > rooting out or up rooting1533 extirpation1675 uprooting1775 uprootal1861 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > [adjective] > uprooting upriving1626 uprooting1775 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Uprooting. 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV clxxiii. 89 The uprooting wind which tears The oak from his foundation. a1849 J. C. Mangan Coll. Wks.: Poems (1996) II. 66 But the end of all is Sadness,..Spoliation and Uprooting! 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table x. 279 The uprooting of the ancient gravestones in..our city burialgrounds. 1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians II. viii. 127 Should there come no preternatural uprooting tempest. Draft additions 1993 2. intransitive for reflexive. To uproot oneself, esp. to move away and thereby sever oneself from one's origins or accustomed environment. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)] > change residence remove1388 flit1504 shift1530 to pull up stakes1703 movea1707 emigrate1841 uproota1961 to pick up stakes1974 a1961 ‘N. Shute’ in Webster (at cited word) He's nearly 60, and that's awfully old to uproot and leave everything and everyone you know. 1970 M. Sarton Jrnl. 30 Oct. (1973) 49 When the time comes, I don't want to uproot, however much I may complain about the loneliness here. 1975 Times 10 Apr. 16/4 It is too easy simply to say that these people should uproot and follow the jobs. 1989 Guardian 12 Aug. 18/7 I came very close to accepting but decided my lifestyle is such that I could not uproot and leave Australia at this stage. 1991 Harper's Mag. Jan. 47/2 I spoke with two New Yorkers who were leaving forever, uprooting in early middle age, a lesbian couple fleeing the megalopolis to find a new home. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). uprootv.2 transitive. To grub up. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (transitive)] > grub or root about in the earth wrootc1000 root?1544 rout1569 nuzzle1637 uproot1726 rootle1795 snout1857 1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xviii. 36 Those teeth.., Like some vile swine's, that..Uproots the bearded corn. 1889 A. R. Wallace Darwinism 16 Some [herbivorous mammals] uproot and devour the buried tubers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1891v.1a1639v.21726 |
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