root up
root up — 片語動詞
- root upbase form
- roots up3rd person singular
- rooting up-ing form
- rooted uppast simple
1. to dig into the ground around a plant and pull it out, including all of its root
連根拔起
把植物連根挖出拔除
to dig into the ground around a plant and pull it out, including all of its roots, so that the plant is removed completely — often done when clearing land, weeding, or transplanting something that has grown in the wrong place.
We spent the whole morning rooting up the nettles that had taken over the vegetable patch.
我們花了整個早上把佔領菜園的蕁麻連根拔起。
root + up + [plant]: phrasal verb with object after 'up'
The gardener used a special fork to root up the old rose bush without damaging nearby flowers.
園丁用一把特殊挖叉把老玫瑰叢連根挖起，沒有傷到旁邊的花。
After the storm, the children helped their grandmother root up the small trees that blocked the path.
暴風雨過後，孩子們幫祖母把擋住路的小樹連根拔起。
passive-like context: helping to 'root up' something fallen
Mei Lin decided to root the ivy up after it started pulling paint off the wall.
Mei Lin 決定把長春藤連根挖起，因為它已經開始把牆上的油漆扯下來了。
separable form: root + [plant] + up
The oak tree was so deeply rooted that no one could root it up by hand.
那棵橡樹根扎得太深，沒有人能用手把它連根拔起。
passive construction: 'could root it up' showing transitive use
- root up weeds
- root up nettles
- root up bushes
- root up ivy
- root up a stump
- root up saplings
- dig up
more general — can apply to any digging, while 'root up' specifically implies removing the entire root system
- pull up
emphasises the pulling action rather than digging; suggests smaller plants with shallow roots
- uproot
the single-word equivalent, slightly more formal and common in both literal and figurative senses
文法句型
root + up + [plant]
root [plant] + up
用法筆記
The object (the plant or thing being removed) can go either between 'root' and 'up' (root the weeds up) or after 'up' (root up the weeds). When the object is a pronoun, it must go between the two parts: root it up, not root up it.