uproot
英 [ʌp'ruːt]
美[,ʌp'rut]
- vt. 根除，连根拔起；迫使某人离开出生地或定居处
- vi. 迁离；改变生活方式
英英释意
- 1. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment;
- "The war uprooted many people"
- 2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots;
- "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
- 3. pull up by or as if by the roots;
- "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
双语例句
- 1. Work commitments forced her to uproot herself and her son from Reykjavik.
- 她的工作迫使她和儿子从雷克雅未克搬走。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He had no wish to uproot Dena from her present home.
- 他没想过让德娜离开现在的家去别处居住。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. They had been forced to uproot their vines and plant wheat.
- 他们已被迫将葡萄藤连根拔除，改种小麦。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. We decided to uproot and head for Scotland.
- 我们决定迁往苏格兰。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. Time required to uproot a tree is about a minute.
- 将一株树连根拔除需要一分钟左右.
来自辞典例句