1. root and branch : 彻底地;
2. strike at the root of : 摧毁;
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1. 根;根茎
The roots of a plant are the parts of it that grow under the ground.
2. (使)生根成长
If you root a plant or cutting or if it roots, roots form on the bottom of its stem and it starts to grow.
3. (蔬菜、作物等)块根的,根茎可食用的
Root vegetables or root crops are grown for their roots which are large and can be eaten.
4. (头发或牙齿的)根,根部
The root of a hair or tooth is the part of it that is underneath the skin.
5. 根脉;祖籍;血统;根基
You can refer to the place or culture that a person or their family comes from as their roots .
6. 根音乐(受传统文化强烈影响的流行音乐,尤指雷盖音乐)
Roots is used to refer to pop music, especially reggae, that is strongly influenced by the traditional music of the culture that it originally came from.
7. (问题、困境等的)根源,起因,祸根
You can refer to the cause of a problem or of an unpleasant situation as the root of it or the roots of it.
8. 词根
The root of a word is the part that contains its meaning and to which other parts can be added.
9. 翻找;搜寻
If you root through or in something, you search for something by moving other things around.
10. see also: rooted;cube root;grass roots;square root
11. 完全地;彻底地
If something has been completely changed or destroyed, you can say that it has been changed or destroyed root and branch .
12. 扎根;定居;安家
If someone puts down roots, they make a place their home, for example by taking part in activities there or by making a lot of friends there.
13. (想法、信念或风俗)深入人心,根深蒂固
If an idea, belief, or custom takes root, it becomes established among a group of people.
1. the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support
Synonym: tooth root
2. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
e.g. thematic vowels are part of the stem
Synonym: root wordbasestemthemeradical
3. a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
Synonym: etymon
4. the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
Synonym: solution
5. the place where something begins, where it springs into being
e.g. the Italian beginning of the Renaissance
Jupiter was the origin of the radiation
Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River
communism's Russian root
Synonym: beginningoriginrootagesource
6. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
Synonym: ancestorascendantascendentantecedent
7. (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes
absorbs water and mineral salts
usually it anchors the plant to the ground
8. a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number