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
• a specific size and style of type within a type family
  Synonym:fonttypefacefacecase

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She treats him as if he were the fount of all knowledge.
  她把他当成无所不晓的人。
• He fount the old man waiting for him.
  他发现那位老人正等着他。
• 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。
• Stream from the fount of heavenly grace, Brook by the traveler's way.
  属天恩典涌如泉源，顺我道路长流。
• 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。