root to

释义

1. root sb to sth

   使（因害怕、惊吓等）呆住不动

   to make sb unable to move because of fear, shock, etc.

   Embarrassment rooted her to the spot.她尴尬得呆住了。

电影里这样说 · 91 部

• Is that root beer?American Beauty1999
• The square root is 87.7.Gifted2017
• Tree, root and twig.The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2002
• The root of the problem for me is philosophical.Moneyball2011
• I'll get the smurf root.The Smurfs2011
• "The whole world is rooting for you.The Martian2015
• How about some lotus root?The House with a Clock in Its Walls2018
• Tapper, I need a root beer.Wreck-It Ralph2012

在完整场景里学

• 美国丽人1999
  • 上司暗示写说明保饭碗：cut corners（省成本）
  • 餐桌冷场吵到散场：come right out and say（直截了当地说）
  • 新邻居上门送菜被当成推销：cut to the chase（直奔主题）
• 无敌破坏王2012
  • 坏蛋自白这份工作：name of the game（关键所在）
  • 坏人互助会第一次到场：come to terms with（接受并释怀）
  • 求分一块蛋糕被拒：the end of the world（天塌下来）

同一词条的短语

• put down roots
• root and branch
• take root
• root for
• root out
• root up