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fount

英 [faʊnt]

美 [faʊnt]

n.  (重要事物的)来源,根源,源泉

复数:founts 

TEM8

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
      1. She treats him as if he were the fount of all knowledge .
        她把他当成无所不晓。

    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.
      1. 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。

    英英释义

    noun

    • a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water
        Synonym:fountain
      1. a specific size and style of type within a type family
          Synonym:fonttypefacefacecase

        双语例句

        • Postscript fount: A fount specially written in PostScript code which can be used in a PostScript-compatible printer or image-setter.
          后记码字:特别用后记码编写的一套字体,可应用于后记码兼容的印字机或影排机上。
        • He fount the old man waiting for him.
          他发现那位老人正等着他。
        • 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;
        • 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。
        • That old man is a fount of wisdom.
          那老人有无穷的智慧。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • 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。