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

德思礼先生站在原地动不动，仿佛生了根。他刚刚完全陌生的人搂过。

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.

这些钢梁的保质期大约为 100 年，然后才需要更换——实际上，老式摩天大楼的钢梁根根更换是很常见的事情，尤其是在纽约。

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

橡树渐渐沉睡了过去，它的根砍了。

More than 22,000 lead pipes were taken out.

超过22000根铅管拆除。

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%的香烟会丢弃在地上，而不是妥善处理，这意味着每年有 4.5 万亿根烟头扔在地上。

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.

在每茎和根的尖端，称为根尖生组织的干细胞群不断地产生构建新身体部位所需的材料。

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·根索尔立刻感到冒犯了，因为英国派了名低级别的船长来与他磋商。

It was a double elimination, me and Nancy Kerrigan, the Olympic gold medallist.

那是次双淘汰赛，我和奥运金牌得主南希·克里根同淘汰。

" To uproot a tree or a plant" means that it takes it out of the ground so that the bottom of the plant that is below the ground, what we call the " roots, " can be seen.

“连根拔起棵树或植物”意味着将其从地面中拔出，使得植物底部埋在地下的部，我们称之为“根”，可以看到。

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.

那只鸽的后代会变成什。 也许所有扇尾鸟的亲鸟只有十四根尾羽稍微展开，就像现在的爪哇扇尾鸟， 或者像其他不同品种的体， 其中多达十七根尾羽计算在内。

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.

早在 16 世纪，甘草根就用作食物，但它最初用作缓解咳嗽和感冒的药物。

Tom Lewis and Philip Berrigan were given the longest sentences, in part because of their earlier conviction for pouring blood on the draft records in Baltimore.

汤姆·刘易斯和菲利普·贝里根判处最长的刑期，部原因在于他们之前因在巴尔的摩向征兵记录泼血而定罪。

To prevent the roughly half a million ton tower from sinking, 192 concrete and steel supports, called piles, were buried over 50 meters deep.

为了防止这座约50万吨重的塔楼下沉，人们埋设了192根称为桩的混凝土和钢制支撑物，深度超过50米。

You're going to be the greatest gymnast in the world, Mahalia May declared one day, plopping a tiny leotard onto Jelly Bean's wiggly body.

有天，玛哈莉亚·梅宣布道：“你将成为世界上最伟大的体操运动员。 ”她边说，边将件小巧的紧身连衣裤套在杰利豆扭动的身体上。 那是件闪闪发光的亮粉色连体衣， 让他看起来像根包裹在极其华丽的面包里的香肠。

Because the roots have been torn up.

因为根已经切断了。

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.

上述例中的其他类型的复合词，只涉及复合过程的，也称为根复合词。

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 指的是种强壮的绿色根，广泛认为在烹饪上相当于辣根。