protrude
UK/prәu'tru:d/US
IELTSTOEFLGREC2
Definitions
v.
To stick out or extend beyond a surface or edge
伸出，突出，凸出（超出表面或边缘）
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedpro- (forward) + trud (push) = "push forward past a surface." Whatever protrudes is shoved outward beyond the line of everything around it — a bone, a nail, a rock, a balcony. Its noun, protrusion, switches to the trus- spelling, the same way intrude becomes intrusion.
Root trud still carries 10 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.protrude from从……突出
- 2.protrude beyond伸出……之外
- 3.protrude through穿透……伸出
- 4.protrude outward向外凸出
Example Sentences
- 1.
A sharp nail protruded from the old wooden plank.
- 2.
His ribs protruded after weeks of going hungry.
- 3.
The balcony protrudes about a meter from the wall.