wellspring

n. 水源, 泉源

发音

US /ˈwɛlsprɪŋ/

词形变化

wellsprings 复数 wellsprings

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The source of water for a stream, spring or well; a fountainhead; a wellhead.

  2. 2.

    A perennial source of anything; a fountainhead of supply or emanation; resource.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

well fountainhead wellhead

上位词 5

beginning source root origin rootage

词源

From Middle English wellespring, from Old English wiellspring, wiellġespring (“spring, fount, fountain”), corresponding to well + spring. More at well, spring.

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