origin
n. 起源, 起因, 出身, 开端 [计] 原点; 起始地址; 信件来源的相关数据
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起源；原点；出身；开端
the place or situation in which something begins to exist
The tradition has its origins in the Middle Ages.
这一传统源于中世纪。
old folk tales of unknown origin
起源不明的古老民间传说
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The source of a river, information, goods, etc.
源头
水源
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The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect.
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An arbitrary point on Earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates.
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The beginning of something.
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本源
place of origin
trace the origin of something
unknown origin
The custom has its origin in ancient Greece.
Scientists are studying the origin of the universe.
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The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle.
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Ancestry.
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From Middle English origine, origyne, from Old French origine, orine, ourine, from Latin orīgō (“beginning, source, birth, origin”), from orior (“to rise”); see orient. Doublet of origo.
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