deracinate
verb🔊/ˌdiːˈræsɪneɪt/
🔊/ˌdiːˈræsɪneɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they deracinate | 🔊/ˌdiːˈræsɪneɪt/ 🔊/ˌdiːˈræsɪneɪt/ |
| he / she / it deracinates | 🔊/ˌdiːˈræsɪneɪts/ 🔊/ˌdiːˈræsɪneɪts/ |
| past simple deracinated | 🔊/ˌdiːˈræsɪneɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˌdiːˈræsɪneɪtɪd/ |
| past participle deracinated | 🔊/ˌdiːˈræsɪneɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˌdiːˈræsɪneɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form deracinating | 🔊/ˌdiːˈræsɪneɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌdiːˈræsɪneɪtɪŋ/ |
- deracinate somebody
to force somebody to leave their natural social, cultural or geographical environment 迫使（某人）离开熟悉的环境；使背井离乡 Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French déraciner, from dé- (expressing removal) + racine ‘root’ (based on Latin radix).