新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

uproot

英  [ʌpˈruːt]
    

[VERB]

    VERB. 动词
  • uproots , uprooting , uprooted

    1[T 及物动词] 使…离开家园

    If you uproot yourself or if you are uprooted, you leave, or are made to leave, a place where you have lived for a long time.

    双语例句

    例:

    the trauma of uprooting themselves from their homes.

    他们背井离乡的痛苦经历。

    例:

    He had no wish to uproot Dena from her present home.

    他没想让德娜搬离她现在的家。

    2[T 及物动词] 把…连根拔起

    If someone uproots a tree or plant, or if the wind uproots it, it is pulled out of the ground.

    双语例句

    例:

    They had been forced to uproot their vines and plant wheat.

    他们早已被迫把葡萄藤连根拔起,种上小麦。

    例:

    fallen trees which have been uprooted by the storm.

    被暴风连根拔起,倒在地上的树。

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