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单词 heart-root
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Definition of heart-root in English:

heart-root

(also heart's root)
noun ˈhɑːtruːt
  • 1The source of a person's most profound emotions; the bottom of the heart. Also in plural in same sense. Compare "heart", "root". Now poetic and rare.

  • 2A large, obliquely descending tree root, as contrasted with a vertical taproot or a horizontal root. Frequently attributive, especially in "heart-root system".

Origin

Middle English; earliest use found in Trinity Cambridge Manuscript. From heart + root. In some forms probably originally reflecting a genitive compound with unmarked first element. In some forms from the genitive of heart + root.

 
 

Definition of heart-root in US English:

heart-root

(also heart's root)
nounˈhɑːtruːt
  • 1The source of a person's most profound emotions; the bottom of the heart. Also in plural in same sense. Compare "heart", "root". Now poetic and rare.

  • 2A large, obliquely descending tree root, as contrasted with a vertical taproot or a horizontal root. Frequently attributive, especially in "heart-root system".

Origin

Middle English; earliest use found in Trinity Cambridge Manuscript. From heart + root. In some forms probably originally reflecting a genitive compound with unmarked first element. In some forms from the genitive of heart + root.

 
 
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