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
- He fount the old man waiting for him.
他发现那位老人正等着他。 - That old man is a fount of wisdom.
那老人有无穷的智慧。 - The fount of poetic inspiration is not to be found in an archive.
诗歌灵感的源泉并不在档案馆里。 - It is the fount of our artistic and altruistic ideals.
它是我们的审美趣味和利他理想的源泉。 - Dr Barrett is renowned as the fount of knowledge on the disease.
巴雷特医生以他对疾病的渊博知识而广为人知。 - Character master: A photographic or digitized fount which is used to create typeset images.
字符母片:用来产生字体影像的一副照相或数码字体。 - A year earlier Mr Koizumi had called a general election and won in a landslide, appealing over the heads of his party in favour of essential reforms, notably the privatisation of the postal-savings system, a fount of political patronage.
一年前,小泉举行了大选,取得了压倒性的胜利,呼吁其党派的大佬们支持必要的改革,尤其是邮政储蓄系统的私营化和政治赞助的问题。 - The party rains benefits upon us. The old man is a fount of wisdom.
党给予我们无穷的恩惠。这位老人有无穷的智慧。 - It's said that memory is the fount of worry.
有人说一个有烦恼是因为记性太好。 - 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。