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bare-root

/bair-root, -root/US // ˈbɛərˌrut, -ˌrʊt //

裸根,裸根性,光根,裸露的根

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Horticulture.

    • : of or relating to a tree or shrub prepared for transplanting by having all or most of the soil removed from about its roots.

Examples

  • A Republican candidate hoping to win red state support could find a worse team to root for than one from Dallas.

  • Last summer, I spoke with first black supermodel Beverly Johnson about this for The Root.

  • It has grown from a rotten root—striving to replace human judgment with detailed dictates.

  • This year, a bare-bones welfare program will continue into the New Year without being updated.

  • The root of the word irony is in the Greek eironeia, “liar.”

  • Eggs and nestlings were found lying on the bare soil at the inner ends of the burrows; no nesting material was found.

  • Sometimes the stems are quite bare; on other occasions they are partly branched; in any case the branches are short.

  • He is what the bill wishes to make for us, a regular root doctor, and will suit the place exactly.

  • She thrust a bare, white arm from the curtain which shielded her open door, and received the cup from his hands.

  • But at the root of the unnatural miracles is the natural miracle—the heart of man.