take root

英語

動詞

take root (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 takes root，現在分詞 taking root，過去式 took root，過去分詞 taken root)

1. (不及物，書面) 紮根

   Those tulip bulbs have taken root.

   這些鬱金香的鱗莖已經生根了。

2. (不及物，比喻義) 生根、建立。

   The new regulations have yet to take root.

   新的規則需要建立起來。

   • 1599, Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare, Act 1 Scene 3

     You have of late stood out against your brother, and he hath ta'en you newly into his grace; where it is impossible you should take true root but by the fair weather that you make yourself: it is needful that you frame the season for your own harvest.