fount
英 [faʊnt]
美 [faʊnt]
n. (重要事物的)来源,根源,源泉
复数:founts
BNC.22123 / COCA.29001
牛津词典
noun
- (重要事物的)来源,根源,源泉
the place where sth important comes from- She treats him as if he were the fount of all knowledge .
她把他当成无所不晓。
- She treats him as if he were the fount of all knowledge .
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 来源;源泉;根源
If you describe a person or thing asthefount ofsomething, you are saying that they are an important source or supply of it.- To the young boy his father was the fount of all knowledge.
对于这个小男孩儿来说,他的父亲就是所有知识的源泉。
- To the young boy his father was the fount of all knowledge.
英英释义
noun
- a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water
- a specific size and style of type within a type family
双语例句
- The prime fount of business opportunity in almost all countries.
几乎所有国家中企业成功机会的主要源头。 - That's not where you find the fount of the great poem.
在这些地方都找不到伟大诗歌的源泉。 - Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation.
想象力不仅是独特的人类能力,借助对尚不存在事物的设想,构筑着所有发明和创新的源泉; - Well I am not a fount of wisdom about this, but there are two things I think about.
这方面我可不算行家,不过我想到了两件事情。 - You and I have floated here on the stream that brings from the fount.
你与我漂浮在河流之上,正因为我们都来自相同的源泉。 - If he was not the fount of corporate culture, he was a vital channel for it.
即便他不是企业文化的源头,也是这种文化的关键渠道。 - He fount the old man waiting for him.
他发现那位老人正等着他。 - After the lecture I bump into a fragrance industry friend who is a fount of obscure knowledge.
在讲座结束后,我偶遇了一位在香水行业工作的朋友,他对于一些不为人知的知识很有了解。 - Her speeches have ever been a fount of inspiration to her audiences.
她的演说对于听众来说永远是灵感之源。 - Mother had always been just as she was, a pillar of strength, a fount of wisdom, the one person who knew the answers to everything.
母亲从来就是现在这个模样,是一根力量的支柱,一个智慧的源泉,一位对任何问题都能够解答的人。