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rootless

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++root·less /ˈruːtləs/ adjective  LIVE SOMEWHERE#having nowhere that you feel is really your home 无归属的,没有根的 rootless people 漂泊不定的人rootlessness noun [uncountable]
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rootlessHis life in California felt rootless.His life in San Francisco felt rootless.They see me as being rootless.Once she had been proud of being rootless, but now she was beginning to feel like a boat without a rudder.The rootless females dump their eggs because they have failed to find a territory, or have lost their own nests.It is precisely among these rootless pathfinders that pentecostalism is exhibiting its fastest growth.
root·less adjectiveChineseSyllable
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rootless
rootless /ˈruːtləs/ adjective
having nowhere that you feel is really your home:
    rootless people
—rootlessness noun [uncountable]


root·lessBrE /ˈruːtləs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈruːtləs/ 🔊 adjectivehaving nowhere that you really think of as home, or as the place where you belong 无根的;没有归宿的;漂泊的She had had a rootless childhood moving from town to town. 她小时候居无定所,在各地流浪。🔊🔊 root·less·ness BrE /ˈruːtləsnəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈruːtləsnəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]