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。 - Owing to its long history, it has been functioning as the source and fount of traditional Chinese culture;
因为它年代久远，就自然对中华传统文化的形成起到了源头活水的作用； - 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。 - That old man is a fount of wisdom.
那老人有无穷的智慧。 - 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。 - 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。 - Generic fount: A fount used in screen display or a proof printer to represent an entire category of higher-quality output founts.
总字体：萤幕显示或稿样印字机用的字体，它代替输出用的高品质字体。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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；