fountain
n.(钢笔等的)贮墨器;喷泉;喷水池
释义2:
fountain
/ 5fauntin /
◙ noun1. an ornamental structure in a pool or lake from which one or more jets of water are pumped into the air• 喷泉 short for drinking fountain • drinking fountain 的简称 (figurative)a thing that spurts or cascades into the air• [喻] 喷射(或喷流)物 »little fountains of dust. 喷泉般涌出的灰尘。2. (poetic/literary or S. African)a natural spring of water• [诗/文或 南非] 天然泉 a source of a desirable quality• 源,源泉 »the government always quote this report as the fountain of truth. 政府老是引用这份报告,把它当作真理的源泉。3. [Heraldry] a roundel barry wavy argent and azure (i.e. a circle with wavy horizontal stripes of blue and white)• [纹章] 银蓝相间波状纹圆盾◙ verb1. [no obj.] spurt or cascade like a fountain• 喷射;喷流 »she watched the blood fountaining from her wrists. 她看着血从手腕喷涌而出。【派生】
♦ fountained adjective1. (poetic/literary).)[诗/文] .)【语源】
1. Middle English (in sense 2): from Old French fontaine, from late Latin fontana, feminine of Latin fontanus, adjective from fons, font- 'a spring'
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