root
/ruːt/
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US voice -> root
(n) အမြစ်
၁။ [C] အမြစ်။
pull a plant up by (ie including) the roots ❍ Vines have very long roots. ❍ root crops/vegetables, eg carrots or potatoes. See also grass roots
၂။ [C] အမြစ်။ အခြေ။ အရင်း။ pull hair out by the roots.
၃။ [C esp sing ] အရင်းအမြစ်။ အကြောင်းရင်း။ အရင်းခံ။ The root of the problem is his relationship with his father. ❍ What lies at the root of this matter? ❍ Money is often said to be the root of all evil. ❍ We need to tackle the root (cause) of the trouble.
၄။ roots [pl] မျိုးရိုးဇစ်မြစ်။ put down (ie establish) roots in a place ❍ pull up one's roots (ie move away from a place where one has been for a long time) ❍ Many Americans have roots in Europe.
၅။ [C] (linguistics ) (ဝေါဟာရ) ရင်းမြစ်။ (ပါဠိ သဒ္ဒါ) ဓာတ်။ ‘Walk’ is the root of ‘walks’, ‘walked’, ‘walking’ and ‘walker’. ❍ ‘Feminine’ comes from the Latin root ‘femina’ meaning ‘woman’.
၆။ [C] (mathematics ) ကိန်းရင်း။ 4 is the square root of 16 (4 x 4 =16) and the cube root of 64 (4 x 4 x 4 = 64).
v အမြစ်တွယ်သည်။ This type of plant roots easily. ❍ deep-rooted grasses.
❏ root and branch [IDM ] အမြစ်ပါမကျန်။ လုံးလုံး လျားလျား။ destroy an organization root and branch ❍ root-and-branch reforms.
❏ root beer n [U, C] (US ) မြစ်ဥအချိုရည်။
❏ rooted adj
၁။ ကြက်သေသေ [သော]။ We were/stood rooted to the ground/spot in terror.
၂။ အမြစ်တွယ် [သော]။ The idea is firmly rooted in his mind. ❍ have a rooted objection to sth ❍ deeply-rooted differences.
၃။ မြစ်ဖျားခံ [သော]။ beliefs rooted in the past.
❏ root (about/ around) for sth [PHRV ] လှန်လှော မွှေနှောက်ရှာဖွေသည်။ What are you doing rooting around in my desk? ❍ She was rooting (about) in her bag for her keys. ❍ pigs rooting (around) for acorns.
❏ root for sb/sth [PHRV ] (no passive) (infml ) အားရပါးရ အားပေးသည်။ We're rooting for the college baseball team. ❍ Good luck in your exams—we're all rooting for you!
❏ rootless adj လေလွင့်နေသော။ a rootless wandering life. rootlessness n [U]
❏ root sth/sb out [PHRV ]
၁။ အမြစ်ပါမကျန် ဖယ်ရှားသည်။ their determination to root out corruption ❍ a fresh attempt to root out troublemakers.
၂။ ခက်ခက်ခဲခဲ မွှေနှောက်ရှာဖွေတွေ့ရှိသည်။ I've managed to root out a copy of the original document.
❏ root sb to sth [PHRV ] ကြက်သေသေနေသည်။ Fear rooted him to the spot.
❏ root sth up [PHRV ] အမြစ်ပါမကျန် နုတ်သည်။
❏ take root [IDM ]
၁။ အမြစ်တွယ်သည်။ The cuttings I took from your roses haven't taken root.
၂။ အမြစ်တွယ် သည်။ အခြေကျသည်။ a country where democracy has never really taken root.
- Olive trees have deep roots.
- What are the historical roots of the region’s problems?
- [have its roots in something] : The Association has its roots in the early 1950s.
- Computerizing these old records will help people trace their roots.
- [go back to your roots] : With this latest book the author goes back to his Scottish roots.
- An unusual film with an ingenious idea at its root
- [root of] : We need to get to the root of the problem.
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