国际音标

英 [ruːt]

美 [ruːt]

中文解释

n. 根, 根本, 根源, 基础, 底部
vt. 使扎根, 使固定, 根除, 肃清, 搜出, 用鼻拱
vi. 生根, 固定, 源于, 用鼻拱土, 寻找, 捧场, 支持

英英词典

(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

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

同义词：root word, base, stem, theme, radical

the place where something begins, where it springs into being

同义词：beginning, origin, rootage, source

a number that when multiplied by itself some number of times equals a given number

the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation

同义词：solution

例句应用

1、Such is the root cause of an increasingly widening income inequality amid accelerating development.

另一方面是因为政府官员和资本的紧密关系，很难下大决心来节制资本。

2、A major triad is a chord of three notes consisting of a root, and a major third with a minor third added above it.
大三和弦是包含根音在内的三音和弦，其上为小三和弦。

3、It's 21 years since she first moved to Britain from the Lebanon, but she hasn't forgotten her roots.

她从黎巴嫩搬到英国已经有21年了，但她从未忘记自己的根。