| 单词 | rootless |
| 释义 | rootless (once / 35073 pages) adj Someone who's rootless doesn't have a permanent home or place to settle down. Your rootless cousin might save money for a ticket to India and then spend years backpacking around Asia. Some plants are literally rootless, growing without a root system to absorb nutrients. Algae is one example of a rootless plant. Rootless far more commonly describes a person who wanders. An immigrant might feel a bit rootless the first few years in a new country, not quite at home yet but far from their original home. And if your family moves every couple of years, they're rootless too. WORD FAMILYrootless: rootlessly+/root: rootage, rooted, rooter, rooting, rootless, rootlet, roots/rootage: rootages/rooted: rootedly/rooter: rooters/rooting: rootings/rootlet: rootlets USAGE EXAMPLESBut unlike hairs with a root, rootless hairs will not deliver a full DNA profile, in most cases. BBC(Dec 17, 2016) The reality is that the company Tillerson runs, while based in Houston, is increasingly a rootless, cosmopolitan citizen of no country. Slate(Dec 11, 2016) Many people find it easy to aim their rage against an allegedly cosmopolitan and rootless cultural elite. The Guardian(Dec 08, 2016) adj wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community a rootless wanderer Syn vagabond unsettled not settled or established |
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