单词 | rooted to the spot |
释义 | rooted to the spotNot moving, especially owing to some strong emotion. For example, When the truck bore down on the dog, he was terrified and stood rooted to the spot. This idiom likens the roots of a plant to a strong feeling that keeps one from moving. Words nearby rooted to the spotroot climber, root crop, root division, root doctor, rooted, rooted to the spot, rooter, root filament, root for, root ginger, root graft The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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