rootless
英 [ˈruːtləs]
美 [ˈruːtləs]
adj. 无根的; 没有归宿的; 漂泊的
BNC.24290 / COCA.28366
牛津词典
adj.
- 无根的;没有归宿的;漂泊的
having nowhere that you really think of as home, or as the place where you belong- She had had a rootless childhood moving from town to town.
她小时候居无定所,在各地流浪。
- She had had a rootless childhood moving from town to town.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 居无定所的;无固定工作的;无归属的;漂泊的
If someone has no permanent home or job and is not settled in any community, you can describe them asrootless.- These rootless young people have nowhere else to go.
这些漂泊不定的年轻人没有其他地方可去。 - ...people who refused to integrate within society and instead lived rootless, jobless lives.
那些不愿意融入社会而过着漂泊不定、没有工作的生活的人
- These rootless young people have nowhere else to go.
英英释义
adj
- wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community
- led a vagabond life
- a rootless wanderer