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uproot

/uhp-root, -root/US // ʌpˈrut, -ˈrʊt //UK // (ʌpˈruːt) //

连根拔起,拔根,连根拔除,拔除

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to pull out by or as if by the roots: The hurricane uprooted many trees and telephone poles.
    • : to remove violently or tear away from a native place or environment: The industrial revolution uprooted large segments of the rural population.
    • : to destroy or eradicate as if by pulling out roots: The conquerors uprooted many of the native traditions.
    • : to displace, as from a home or country; tear away, as from customs or a way of life: to uproot a people.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to become uprooted.

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Examples

  • Nearly a century later, as our team rode bicycles across a different continent, that history—and the way it had affected and uprooted generations of my family—made me wary of Ersin.

  • A breathable lining keeps things comfortable, even as you trek through mud or rain or uprooted gardens.

  • The hopelessness of the pattern was now clear, and the pandemic had already uprooted so many Americans.

  • Now Hong Kong is taking a sharply repressive turn under a sweeping new national security law imposed on June 30, forcing many to once again think about uprooting themselves—this time perhaps forever.

  • In January, 1989, my 26-year-old father uprooted his life to move to the other side of the world.

  • Not everyone has the resources to uproot themselves and move to a "right to die" state, as Brittany and her family have done.

  • On the bucket of a bulldozer that had been previously used to uproot the trees in Gezi Park it says, “ I am Free!”

  • There was no real reason to leave Austria, Freud believed, so why uproot the entire family?

  • It would be enormously disruptive, and unpopular, to uproot them over night.

  • Baldacci said that despite feeling "very compelled" to run, he couldn't uproot his family.

  • He boasted he would uproot single-handed, in one hour, all the trees in the Royal pleasaunce.

  • They will pull down with their trunks battlements, and uproot trees, standing erect upon their hind feet.

  • It was a cherished aim of the Club to uproot foolish superstitions, hence Friday.

  • This should not discourage the grower or cause him to uproot his trees.

  • Go over the border plants and uproot all grass that has secured a foothold there.