root

IPA（発音記号）

/ɹuːt/

動詞

自動詞 他動詞 広義 オーストラリア英語 アイルランド英語 ニュージーランド英語 俗語 卑語

(transitive, intransitive) To turn up or dig with the snout. / (by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.

日本語の意味

鼻先を用いて掘る、または地面をくんくん嗅ぎながら掘る行為をする / 卑屈にへつらい、低劣な手段で利益や昇進を求める

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The pig began to root around the yard for truffles.

豚は庭で鼻で土を掘り返してトリュフを探し始めた。

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意味（1）

(transitive, intransitive) To turn up or dig with the snout.

A pig roots the earth for truffles.

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意味（2）

(by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.

Thou elvish-marked, abortive, rooting hog!

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意味（3）

(intransitive) To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.

rooting about in a junk-filled drawer

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意味（4）

(intransitive) Of a baby: to turn the head and open the mouth in search of food.

When your baby is rooting, his head will turn to the side and he will open and close his mouth. If you put your finger in your baby's hand, she has a grasping reflex that makes her curl her fingers around yours and hold on.

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意味（5）

(transitive) To root out; to abolish.

I will go root away the noisome weeds.

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意味（6）

(Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate.

roots （ present singular third-person ）

rooting （ participle present ）

rooted （ participle past ）

rooted （ past ）