英语词汇“uproot”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

When you uproot people, you move them from one place to a completely new one. Your parents may need to uproot you if your mom gets a new job all the way across the country.

One meaning of the verb uproot is "move," especially when a person is forced to move. Another way to use uproot is more literal: to pull a plant out of the ground, roots and all. You might, for example, uproot your favorite rose bush and replant it in a sunnier spot in your garden. Interestingly, the figurative sense of uproot is about a hundred years older than the literal meaning, which was first used in the late 1600's.

WORD FAMILY

uproot: uprooted, uprooter, uprooting, uproots+/uprooter: uprooters

USAGE EXAMPLES

The forsaken flora are a ready-made metaphor for the Moldova-born photographer’s own uprooted life.

Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016)

"May the terrorists be uprooted. Mothers shouldn't cry anymore. May God spare everyone this pain and may there be peace for Turkey."

BBC(Dec 26, 2016)

The storm cut power lines and uprooted trees, but no deaths were reported.

BBC(Dec 25, 2016)

1v move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment

The war uprooted many people

Syn|Hyper

deracinate

displace

cause to move, usually with force or pressure

2v pull up by or as if by the roots

uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

deracinate, extirpate, root out

stub

pull up (weeds) by their roots

displace, move

cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

3v destroy completely, as if down to the roots

Syn|Hyper

eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, root out

destroy, destruct

do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of

单词	uproot
释义	uproot (once / 2717 pages) v When you uproot people, you move them from one place to a completely new one. Your parents may need to uproot you if your mom gets a new job all the way across the country. One meaning of the verb uproot is "move," especially when a person is forced to move. Another way to use uproot is more literal: to pull a plant out of the ground, roots and all. You might, for example, uproot your favorite rose bush and replant it in a sunnier spot in your garden. Interestingly, the figurative sense of uproot is about a hundred years older than the literal meaning, which was first used in the late 1600's. WORD FAMILY uproot: uprooted, uprooter, uprooting, uproots+/uprooter: uprooters USAGE EXAMPLES The forsaken flora are a ready-made metaphor for the Moldova-born photographer’s own uprooted life. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) "May the terrorists be uprooted. Mothers shouldn't cry anymore. May God spare everyone this pain and may there be peace for Turkey." BBC(Dec 26, 2016) The storm cut power lines and uprooted trees, but no deaths were reported. BBC(Dec 25, 2016) 1v move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment The war uprooted many people Syn\|Hyper deracinate displace cause to move, usually with force or pressure 2v pull up by or as if by the roots uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper deracinate, extirpate, root out stub pull up (weeds) by their roots displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense 3v destroy completely, as if down to the roots Syn\|Hyper eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, root out destroy, destruct do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
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