fountain是什么意思？

fountain

英[ˈfaʊntən] 美[ˈfaʊntn]

• n. 人造喷泉，喷泉水，泉源，液体贮存器，汽水桶，冷饮柜，源头，来源；

复数：fountains;

例句

• The fountain wells its cold water. 喷泉涌出清凉的泉水。
• The garden is cooled by a fountain shaped like a mermaid. 花园里的美人鱼形状的喷泉喷洒着凉意。
• Ancient Greece was a fountain of wisdom and philosophy. 古希腊是智慧和哲学的发源地。
• The fountain plays only at weekend. 这个喷泉仅在周末喷水。
• Never cast dirt into that fountain of which thou hast sometime durnk. 不要过河拆桥。
• Tritons, Nereids, and nymphs will always have a meaning on a fountain. 海神特里同斯, 女神涅瑞伊得斯还有水泽仙女他们总是与水息息相关.
• There was a spring of bitterness mingling with that fountain of sweets. 在这个甜蜜的源泉中间,已经掺和进苦涩的山水了.
• The fountain spouts water into the air. 喷泉的水喷入空中.
• The main square has a fountain that spouts water 40 feet into the air. 主广场有个喷泉，能将水喷射至40英尺高的空中。
• Swashing against the rocks, the breakers sent up a fountain of spray. 海水冲击礁石, 激起高高的浪花.

同义词

• n.
  fountain的同义词之：水源;根源
  source,
  fountain的同义词之：泉水;喷泉式饮水器
  spout, spray, spring,
• fountain的同义词之：其他释义
  spout, font, spring, geyser, source, spray,

同义词解析

• 以下这两个名词都含有"泉" 的意思
  fountain：指天然或供观赏或饮水用的人工泉或喷泉。引申用根"根源"或"源泉"解。
  spring：指从地面自然涌出的天然泉。

英语六级真题

The curtains were never drawn, even at night, so guests got a view of the lake and fountains outside which were lit up at night – a very attractive sight.
出自-2013年12月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  喷泉;喷水池
  A fountain is an ornamental feature in a pool or lake which consists of a long narrow stream of water that is forced up into the air by a pump.
• N-COUNT
  喷射;喷涌
  A fountain of a liquid is an amount of it which is sent up into the air and falls back.
  例句
  The volcano spewed a fountain of molten rock 650 feet in the air. 这座火山喷射出的岩浆高达650英尺。
• N-COUNT
  源泉;根源;来源
  If you describe a person or thing as a fountain of something, you mean they are an important source of it and supply a lot of it.
  例句
  You are a fountain of ideas. 你就是思想的源泉。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  喷水; 喷泉
  The fountain plays only at weekend. 这个喷泉仅在周末喷水。
  来源, 根源, 源泉
  Ancient Greece was a fountain of wisdom and philosophy. 古希腊是智慧和哲学的发源地。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises
  2. a natural flow of ground water
  3. an artificially produced flow of water
  4. a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water

行业词典

• 地质学： 喷泉；又称 :喷泉(fount)；
  建筑： 喷泉；
  林学： 喷泉；