Root

(noun.) the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support.

(noun.) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; 'thematic vowels are part of the stem'.

(noun.) (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.

(noun.) a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number.

(verb.) take root and begin to grow; 'this plant roots quickly'.

(verb.) cause to take roots.

(verb.) plant by the roots.

(verb.) come into existence, originate; 'The problem roots in her depression'.

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• The roots radiate a short distance below the surface of the ground and there is no stabilizer in the shape of a tap root such as in other woods. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• But we want to delude ourselves that love is the root. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• In Britain Latin was practically wiped out by the conquering Anglo-Saxons, from among whose various dialects the root stock of English presently grew. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• To every gallon of juice to be filtered there is placed in the filter 2 ounces of charcoal, 2 scruples of crushed mustard seed, and 6 drachms of ground sassafras root. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• At last Yeobright made a beginning of what was intended to strike at the whole root of the matter. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• And yet, until she opened her heart to me of her own accord, I had no suspicion that this new feeling had taken root so deeply. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He had struck root in Joe's establishment, by reason of my sister's sudden fancy for him, or I should have tried to get him dismissed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• The roots radiate a short distance below the surface of the ground and there is no stabilizer in the shape of a tap root such as in other woods. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• She sat down among the roots of the alder tree, dim and veiled, hearing the sound of the sluice like dew distilling audibly into the night. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I cannot see that there is anything very funny, cried our client, flushing up to the roots of his flaming head. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• She afterwards continued her work, whilst the young man went into the garden, and appeared busily employed in digging and pulling up roots. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• She seemed pleased; and went into the garden for some roots and plants, which she placed in water, and then upon the fire. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• But Russia suffered first and most from this universal pulling up of civilization from its roots. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Ruin will come, lay her axe to my fortune's roots, and hew them down. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Gabriel started up, and stood rooted to the spot with astonishment and terror; for his eyes rested on a form that made his blood run cold. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Many of the cardinals were of French origin, and their habits and associations were rooted deep at Avignon. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• If lust is deeply rooted in men and its only expression is evil, I for one should recommend a faith in the millennium. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• But deep in the minds of the apes was rooted the conviction that Tarzan was a mighty fighter and a strange creature. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• I have advanced to a certain distance, as far as the true and sovereign and undegraded nature of my kind permits; now here I stand rooted. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It must be rooted out, and the community must take charge as a community, to produce, to distribute, as well as to control. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I could only stand rooted to the floor, looking at her in breathless silence. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.

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