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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Fount, Tree, and Shed are gone, I know not whither.
泉眼，树木和小屋消失了，我不知身在何地。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - That old man is a fount of wisdom.
那老人有无穷的智慧。