n.[C]

1. （植物的）根；地下茎[P1]
   These plants have very deep roots.

   这些植物的根长得很深。

2. 根菜类（如胡萝卜等）[P]
3. （牙齿，头发等的）根，根部
4. 根；根基；本质
   This is the root cause of poverty.

   这是贫穷的根本原因。

5. 根源，来源；根由
   Money is the root of all evil.

   金钱是万恶之源。

6. 祖先
7. （《圣经》用语）子孙
8. 【数】根（数）
9. 【语】词根
   Hope is the root of hopeful.

   hope是hopeful的词根。

vt.

1. 使生根；使扎根；使固定
2. 根除；肃清[（+up/out）]
   Do you think it is possible to root out crime?

   你认为可以根除犯罪吗？

vi.

1. 生根；固定
   Some plants root easily.

   有些植物容易生根成长。

2. 根源在于，来源于[（+in）]
   The crime rooted in his greed for money.

   这一犯罪行为起因于他对金钱的贪得无厌。

vi.

1. （猪等）用鼻（或嘴）拱土
   The pig was rooting about for food.

   这头猪正在拱土觅食。

2. 翻找；搜寻[（+for）]
   He rooted around in the drawers and found the letter.

   他把几只抽屉翻个遍，终于找到了那封信。

vt.

1. （猪等）用鼻（或嘴）拱翻[（+up/out）]
2. 搜寻[（+up/out）]

vi.

1. 【口】（为参赛者）打气；喝彩[（+for）]
   The whole group will be rooting for him.

   全队的人都为他打气喝彩。

2. 【口】声援[（+for）]
   We rooted for the woman candidate.

   我们支持那位女候选人。

n.

1. a part of a plant normally below ground, which acts as a support and collects water and nourishment.
   ▸a turnip, carrot, or other vegetable which grows as a root.
2. the embedded part of a bodily organ or structure such as a hair.
3. the basic cause, source, or origin:
   money is the root of all evil.
   ▸ (roots) family, ethnic, or cultural origins as the reasons for one's emotional attachment to a place or community.
   ▸ [as modifier] (roots) denoting something from a non-Western ethnic or cultural origin:

   roots music.
4. Linguistics  a morpheme, not necessarily surviving as a word in itself, from which words have been made by the addition of prefixes or suffixes or by other modification.
5. (also root note) Music  the fundamental note of a chord.
6. (in biblical use) a descendant.
7. Mathematics  a number or quantity that when multiplied by itself one or more times gives a specified number or quantity.
   ▸a value of an unknown quantity satisfying a given equation.
8. Austral./NZ & Irish vulgar slang an act of sexual intercourse.

v.

1. (with reference to a plant or cutting) establish or cause to establish roots.
2. establish deeply and firmly.
   ▸ (be rooted in) have as a source or origin.
3. [often as adj. rooted] cause to stand immobile through fear or amazement.
4. (root someone/thing out/up) find and get rid of someone or something.
5. Austral./NZ & Irish vulgar slang have sex with.
   ▸exhaust or frustrate.

v.

1. (of an animal) turn up the ground with its snout in search of food.
   ▸search or rummage.
2. (root for) informal support enthusiastically.
   ▸ (root someone on) N. Amer. informal cheer or urge someone on.

n.