The fence posts took root and grew into the earth. 篱笆生了根,长在了地里。
The root grows down. 根向下长。
Even if you plant the seed upside down, the roots will still grow down. 即使你把种子倒过来种,根须还是往下长。
Mind you don't stumble over these roots, they're difficult to see under these leaves. 当心别让这些树根绊倒,它们埋在这些树叶底下不容易看到。
New bushes can be reproduced from roots taken from the parent plant. 灌木可以由母本取下根来繁殖。
When we returned from our holidays after only three weeks, the whole garden was grown over with strong plants with wide leaves and long roots. 我们只在外面度了三周假,整个花园便长满了一种叶很宽,根很长的植物。
You have to dig down deeply to fork up the roots. 你得深挖一些才能耙出根来。
Cover the roots of the plant with earth. 用土把植物的根盖住。
He caught his foot on a tree root and stumbled. 他一只脚绊在树根上,几乎跌倒。
I stumbled over a tree root. 树根绊了我的脚。
She flushed to the roots of her hair. 她的脸红到脖子根。
College graduates should answer the Party's call to go down to the grass roots units. 大学毕业生应响应党的号召到基层单位去。
His selfishness was the root of trouble. 他的自私是苦恼的根源。
Her roots are in Scotland where she was born. 她的老家在苏格兰,她是在那儿出生的。
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
Does the rose root easily? 玫瑰容易生根吗?
Who's been rooting about among my paper? 谁翻过我的文件?
We will all be rooting for you. 我们全都支持你。
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
The tree rooted itself very quickly. 这树扎根很快。
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Our movement is rooted in the hearts of the people. 我们的运动植根于人民的心中。
The customs are rooted in tradition. 这些风俗牢固地建立在传统基础之上。