fountain
fountain 英 [ˈfaʊntən] 美 [ˈfaʊntn]
n. 喷泉，泉水；源泉
名词复数:fountains
- A fountain is a decorative structure that shoots streams of water into the air. You might see a big fountain in front of a museum, or install a small one in your back yard.
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- n. 喷泉，泉水；源泉
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1. The fountain wells its cold water.
喷泉涌出清凉的泉水。
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2. The brain is the ultimate fountain of ideas.
大脑是思想的根本源泉。
- fountain (n.) early 15c., "spring of water that collects in a pool," from Old French fontaine "natural spring" (12c.), from Medieval Latin fontana "fountain, a spring" (source of Spanish and Italian fontana), from post-classical noun use of fem. of Latin fontanus "of a spring," from fons (genitive fontis) "spring (of water)," from PIE root *dhen- (1) "to run, flow" (source also of Sanskrit dhanayati, Old Persian danuvatiy "flows, runs").
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