Word · Frequency #13714
Fully loadeduproot
连根拔起
pull up by or as if by the roots
- 1.
To tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up.
连根拔起；根除；铲除。
- 2.
Of a pig or other animal: to dig up (something in the ground) using the snout; to rummage for (something) in the ground; to grub up, to root, to rout.
(猪等动物)用鼻子拱土翻找；刨出；搜寻。
- 3.
To destroy (something) utterly; to eradicate, exterminate.
彻底摧毁；根除；消灭。
- 4.
To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.
使(某人或某物)离开熟悉的环境,尤指突然且非自愿地。
- 5.
Of oneself or someone: to move away from a familiar environment (for example, to live elsewhere).
(自己或某人)离开熟悉的环境(如移居别处)。
使背井离乡；迫使迁离；根除；彻底摧毁；连根拔起；根除；铲除。；(猪等动物)用鼻子拱土翻找；刨出；搜寻。；彻底摧毁；根除；消灭。
In use
The storm was so strong that it uprooted several old trees in the park.
We need to uproot the weeds before they spread across the whole garden.
They spent the whole afternoon uprooting the bushes to make space for a new fence.
uproot sth
本义指连根拔起（植物等），也可引申为“根除、彻底清除”，如 uproot a bad habit。
The storm uprooted the old tree in our yard.
暴风雨把我们院子里那棵老树连根拔起。
uproot sb from sth
亦可用被动结构 be uprooted from...；主语多为战争、灾害、政策等外部力量。
The war uprooted many families from their homes.
战争使许多家庭流离失所，被迫离开家园。
Verb forms
base uproot · third person uproots · -ing uprooting · past uprooted · past participle uprooted
规则动词；本义为“连根拔起”，也常用于比喻义“使背井离乡；根除”。
Connections
Collocations
- uproot a tree
- 把树连根拔起
- The storm uprooted several trees along the road.风暴把路边的几棵树连根拔起。
- uproot weeds
- 连根拔除杂草
- He spent the afternoon uprooting weeds in the vegetable patch.他花了一下午把菜地里的杂草连根拔除。
- be uprooted from one's home
- 被迫离开家园；背井离乡
- Millions of people were uprooted from their homes by the conflict.数百万人因冲突被迫离开家园。
- uproot a family
- 使全家搬迁；使家人迁离
- The new job forced him to uproot his family and move to another city.新工作迫使他举家迁往另一座城市。
- uproot corruption
- 根除腐败
- The government launched a campaign to uproot corruption.政府发起了一场根除腐败的运动。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想英文 up（向上）加 root（根）：把整棵树的根从土里往上一提拔出来，就是连根拔起，也引申为迫使人离开故土。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：gardening and farming、war and refugee reporting、formal writing about policies or ideas uproot 的字面义（把植物连根拔起）在园艺、农耕中较常见，属于中性表达；用于人或社群时多指被迫离开家园，语气较强，常出现在新闻报道、历史或政论等书面语中。实际使用时请根据搭配和语境选择合适的译法。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words share the final /uːt/ sound with uproot: root, brute, fruit, shoot, loot, and boot all rhyme perfectly. Beware the lookalike uproar (/ʌpˈrɔːr/) — it looks similar but has a different vowel and does not rhyme. Also note that route may be pronounced /ruːt/ or /raʊt/ depending on the speaker.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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