fountain
n. 水源, 源, 喷泉, 泉水, 本源 [医] 泉
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教材释义与例句
喷泉，泉水；源泉
a structure from which water is pushed up into the air, used for example as decoration in a garden or park
He was a fountain of information on Asian affairs.
他是亚洲事务的信息源。
释义与例句
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A natural source of water; a spring.
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An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure.
喷泉
喷水池
His house is right beside that fountain on Street 15.
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The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue.
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A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn.
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A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge).
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A roundel barry wavy argent and azure.
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A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it.
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A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into.
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A ground-based firework that projects sparks similar to a water fountain.
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Anything that resembles a fountain in operation.
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A soda fountain.
美国
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To flow or gush as if from a fountain.
不及物Lava fountained from the volcano.
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From Middle English [Term?]; from Old French fontaine (whence modern fontaine); from Late Latin fontana, from Latin fontanus, fontaneus, adjectives from fons (“source, spring”).
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