While the oak tree was sleeping, its roots were cut.

橡树渐渐沉睡了过去，它根被砍了。

More than 22,000 lead pipes were taken out.

超过22000根铅管被拆除。

Because the roots have been torn up.

因为根已经被切断了。

Mr. Dursley stood rooted to the spot. He had been hugged by a complete stranger.

德思礼先生站原地一动不动，仿佛生了根。刚刚被一个完全陌生过。

The part of the tree that's underground, way down there underground, is called the roots.

树地下部分，地下深处，被称为根。

French Admiral Marcel Gensoul immediately felt offended that the British were sending a low-ranking captain to confer with him.

法国海军上将马塞尔·根索尔立刻感到被冒犯了，因为英国派了一名低级别船长来与磋商。

I saw the tops of trees moving in circles, and sand piece of wood were swept up into the air.

只见树梢原地转圈圈，一根根沙子被卷到空中。

A chef would have known that Sunny was referring to a strong green root, widely considered the culinary equivalent of horseradish.

厨师会知道 Sunny 指是一种强壮绿色根，被广泛认为烹饪上相当于辣根。

Clusters of stem cells, called apical meristems, at the tip of every stem and root continually produce the materials needed to build new body parts.

个茎和根尖端，被称为根尖分生组织干细胞群不断地产生构建新身体部位所需材料。

The other types of compounds, such as the compounds in the above examples, which only involve the process of compounding, are also called root compounds.

上述例子中其类型复合词，只涉及复合过程，也被称为根复合词。

Licorice root as used for food goes back to as early as the 16th century, but it was originally used as a medicine to soothe coughs and colds.

早 16 世纪，甘草根就被用作食物，但它最初被用作缓解咳嗽和感冒药物。

The tapers, of which there must have been half a hundred burning on the altar, were unmercifully blown about; and the light went through many different phases of brilliancy and semi-eclipse.

祭坛上一定有半百根蜡烛被无情地吹散了。 光线经历了许多不同光辉和半蚀阶段。

It turns out that 75 of cigarettes are discarded on the ground as opposed to being disposed of properly, which means that 4.5 trillion cigarette butts are being thrown on the ground every year.

事实证明，75%香烟会被丢弃地上，而不是被妥善处理，这意味着年有 4.5 万亿根烟头被扔地上。

Perhaps the parent bird of all fantails had only fourteen tail-feathers somewhat expanded, like the present Java fantail, or like individuals of other and distinct breeds, in which as many as seventeen tail-feathers have been counted.

那只鸽子后代会变成什么样子。 也许所有扇尾鸟亲鸟只有十四根尾羽稍微展开，就像现爪哇扇尾鸟， 或者像其不同品种个体一样， 其中多达十七根尾羽被计算内。

These beams have a shelf life of about 100 years before needing to be replaced – and it's actually quite common for steel beams to be replaced piece by piece in old skyscrapers, especially in New York.

这些钢梁保质期大约为 100 年，然后才需要更换——实际上，老式摩天大楼钢梁被一根根更换是很常见事情，尤其是纽约。