rooting
生根,扎根,生根发芽,扎根于此
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Definitions
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- : a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- : a similar organ developed from some other part of a plant, as one of those by which ivy clings to its support.
- : any underground part of a plant, as a rhizome.
- : something resembling or suggesting the root of a plant in position or function: roots of wires and cables.
- : the embedded or basal portion of a hair, tooth, nail, nerve, etc.
- : the fundamental or essential part: the root of a matter.
- : the source or origin of a thing: The love of money is the root of all evil.
- : a person or family as the source of offspring or descendants.
- : an offshoot or scion.
- : Mathematics. Also called nth root .a quantity that, when raised to the nth power, produces a given quantity: The number 2 is the square root of 4, the cube root of 8, and the fourth root of 16.a value of the argument of a function for which the function takes the value zero.
- : Computers. Also called root directory .the topmost directory of a hierarchical file system.the UNIX account, having the username “root,” that allows administrator privileges.
- : Grammar. a morpheme that underlies an inflectional or derivational paradigm, as dance, the root in danced, dancer, or ten-, the root of Latin tendere “to stretch.”such a form reconstructed for a parent language, as *sed-, the hypothetical Proto-Indo-European root meaning “sit.”
- : roots, a person's original or true home, environment, and culture: He's lived in New York for twenty years, but his roots are in France.the personal relationships, affinity for a locale, habits, and the like, that make a country, region, city, or town one's true home: He lived in Tulsa for a few years, but never established any roots there.personal identification with a culture, religion, etc., seen as promoting the development of the character or the stability of society as a whole.
- : Music. the fundamental tone of a compound tone or of a series of harmonies.the lowest tone of a chord when arranged as a series of thirds; the fundamental.
- : Machinery. the narrow inner surface between threads.Compare crest, flank. the narrow inner surface between teeth.
- : Australian Informal. an act of sexual intercourse.
- : Shipbuilding. the inner angle of an angle iron.
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- : to fix by or as if by roots: We were rooted to the spot by surprise.
- : to implant or establish deeply: Good manners were rooted in him like a second nature.
- : to pull, tear, or dig up by the roots.
- : to extirpate; exterminate; remove completely: to root out crime.
- : Digital Technology. to gain access to the operating system of, as to alter system files or settings.Compare jailbreak. to install a rootkit on.
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- : to become fixed or established.
- : Digital Technology. to manipulate the operating system of a smartphone, tablet, etc.Compare jailbreak.
Phrases
- root and branch
- rooted to the spot
- root for
- root of the matter
- root out
- put down roots
- take root
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Amid a national economic crisis, a movement sprang up that was both genuinely grass-roots and assisted by elite Republicans.
Quartz’s membership product is unique because unlike a trade publisher rooted in a single industry, Quartz’s readers come to it to learn about the niche areas of focus, like climate tech and the podcast industry, as well as macro-trends.
Facebook also said in its update its artificial intelligence systems are getting significantly better at rooting out posts with hate speech, even as the content continues to proliferate on its social media sites.
Populus tremuloides, the quaking aspen, grows in clonal colonies, which means each stem in a grove is genetically identical, connected by an immense underground root system called a rhizome.
Because they have a dense network of roots that can survive both above and below the waterline, the mangroves reduce wave force and capture sediments.
But secretly rooting for the good Israelis and wishing them success is one thing.
Before I was the underdog, slowly growing so people were rooting me on.
Even as a Democrat, I am rooting for the GOP to seize this slam-dunk opportunity.
And it all began with a young model rooting through Paris flea markets to find something that made her feel good.
And the press, no matter what she did, they were never rooting for her.
He walked first to one side, and then the other, rooting in the dirt with his funny, rubbery nose.
Just as he was he got up out of his leaf-bed, and began rooting around in the ground for acorns.
I left them as they were, and busied myself with rooting out undeniable weeds and carting off the slash and rubbish.
In between, the soil was all harrowed and upturned into great cusps as though many swine had been rooting there for mast.
The pigs wandered over the hills rooting under the tender grass.