- 1nB2/ruːts/《根》
A 1976 book by the American writer Alex Haley, also made into a TV programme. It follows one African-American family for many years, starting with Kunta Kinte, a man taken from West Africa to the US as a slave.
示範例句 · Example
In history class we read a few pages of Roots and talked about Kunta Kinte.
逐字在歷史課上我們讀了《根》的幾頁，並談論了昆塔·肯特。
Roots 是一本書的名字，台灣譯作《根》，1976 年由美國作家 Alex Haley（艾力克斯·哈利，1921–92）寫成，後來也拍成電視影集。故事從西非的 Kunta Kinte（昆塔·肯特）開始——他被抓走、被賣到美國當奴隸——接著寫他的孩子和孫子，一路寫到南北戰爭那個年代；書裡有一部分是哈利自己家族口耳相傳的故事。書名可以想成從小寫的 root（樹根、家族的源頭）長出來，因為整本書都在問「我的家族是從哪裡來的」；這本書出版後，很多非裔美國人也開始去查自己家族的來歷。
常見搭配
read Roots
讀《根》這本書
to read the book by Alex Haley
Leo read Roots over the summer holiday.
watch Roots
看《根》這部影集
to watch the television programme made from the book
Her parents watched Roots when it first came out.
Alex Haley's Roots
哈利的《根》
the book Roots, named together with the writer
Alex Haley's Roots came out in 1976.
the TV series Roots
電視影集《根》
the television programme made from the book
The TV series Roots brought the story to millions of homes.
based on Roots
改編自《根》
made from the story in the book
The programme was based on Roots, and it followed the book closely.
core核心畫面
A proper name, not an ordinary noun: the title of Alex Haley's 1976 book (later a TV series) that follows one African-American family across generations, back to Kunta Kinte, who was taken from West Africa to America as a slave. The title uses the everyday picture of a plant's roots — the part underground that a family, like a tree, grows up out of.
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以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
rootsnoun/ɹuːts/
- 1
Ancestry.
- I have both Irish and German roots.
- 2
Beginnings; origin.
- Jazz has its roots in blues.
- 3
Grown-out hair, often of a grey or natural colour.
- I just coloured my hair and already my roots are showing.
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