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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"