extirpate
中文来自 ECDICT
- vt.
- 连根拔起，消灭，根除，毁灭
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 借自 ←拉丁语 exstirpātus
词源说明
The verb is first attested in 1538, the adjective in 1541; borrowed from Latin exstirpātus perfect passive participle of exstirpō (“to uproot”), from ex- (“out of”) + stirps (“the lower part of the trunk of a tree, including the roots; the stem, stalk”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)). Doublet of extirp. Common participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (transitive, obsolete) To clear an area of roots and stumps.
- (transitive) To pull up by the roots; uproot.
- (transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate.
- (biology) To cause a population to go extinct in a particular region, but not across the entire range of the species or subspecies.
- (transitive) To surgically remove.
形容词 Adjective