fountain

英 [ˈfaʊntən] 美['faʊntn]

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近义词source

n. 喷泉，泉水；源泉
n. (Fountain)人名；(英)方丹

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中文词源

fountain 喷泉

来自拉丁语fons, 水源，泉源。可能来自PIE*dhen, 流动，奔流，词源同Danube(多瑙河).或来自PIE*gheu, 倾注，流入，词源同geyser, gush,found.

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复数: fountains;

英文词源

fountain: fountain: [15] Latin fons meant ‘spring of water’ (it was related to Sanskrit dhan- ‘run, flow’). The feminine form of its adjectival derivative, fontāna ‘of a spring’, came to be used in late Latin as a noun, also meaning ‘spring’, and this passed via Old French fontaine into English, still carrying its original sense ‘spring’ with it. This survives in the reduced form fount [16], which is usually used metaphorically for a ‘source’, but fountain itself has from the 16th century been mainly applied to an ‘artificial jet of water’.

Other descendants of Latin fontāna, incidentally, include Italian fontana, Romanian fîntîna, and Welsh ffynon. Fontanelle ‘space between infant’s skull bones’ [16] comes ultimately from Old French fontenelle, a diminutive form of fontaine. The underlying notion appears to be of an anatomical ‘hollow’, as if from which a spring of water would come.
=> fontanelle, fount
fountain (n.): early 15c., "spring of water that collects in a pool," from Old French fontaine "natural spring" (12c.), from Medieval Latin fontana "fountain, a spring" (source of Spanish and Italian fontana), from post-classical noun use of fem. of Latin fontanus "of a spring," from fons (genitive fontis) "spring (of water)," from PIE root *dhen- (1) "to run, flow" (cognates: Sanskrit dhanayati, Old Persian danuvatiy "flows, runs").

The extended sense of "artificial jet of water" (and the structures that make them) is first recorded c. 1500. Hence also fountain-pen (by 1823), so called for the reservoir that supplies a continuous flow of ink. "A French fountain-pen is described in 1658 and Miss Burney used one in 1789" [Weekley]. Fountain of youth, and the story of Ponce de Leon's quest for it, seem to have been introduced in American English by Hawthorne's "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" (January 1837).
"Did you never hear of the 'Fountain of Youth'?" asked Dr. Heidegger, "which Ponce de Leon, the Spanish adventurer, went in search of two or three centuries ago?"

双语例句

1. Snape wrote a receipt with a gold fountain pen.: 斯内普用金笔开了一张收据。

2. Located off-center in the irregularly shaped lake was a fountain.: 在这个形状不规则的湖泊的湖心以外的地方有一眼喷泉。

3. You are a fountain of ideas.: 你就是思想的源泉。

4. The fountain is reputed never to dry up.: 这口泉号称从不干涸。

5. The amplifier exploded in a fountain of sparks.: 放大器爆炸，喷射出火星。

英英释意

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

考试真题

Panini's Ancient Rome and Modern Rome represent the sights most prized, including celebrated Greco-Roman statues and views of famous ruins, fountains, and churches.

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.

实用场景例句

Tourism is a fountain of wealth for the city.: 旅游业是该市的重要收入来源。

The amplifier exploded in a fountain of sparks.: 放大器爆炸，喷射出火星。

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。

You are a fountain of ideas.: 你就是思想的源泉。

An atomic fountain clock based on Raman laser field instead of microwave cavity is proposed.: 利用拉曼光场代替喷泉原子钟的微波腔实现拉曼喷泉原子钟.

The musical fountain after nightfall, with the symphony and dance rhythms.: 入夜后的音乐喷泉, 随着交响乐的节奏而翩翩起舞.

These exposed aggregate steps descend from the new lawn to the fountain area.: 这些台阶从新建的草坪通往喷泉区.

I pulled out my fountain pen and wrote a note.: 我取出自来水笔写了个便条.

Knowledge in paper, fountain solution, rubber blanket and ink properties.: 纸张、水漕液、橡皮布及油墨特性的知识.

Woodruff made Coke available in every state of the Union through the soda fountain.: 伍德拉夫提供了可口可乐在每一个国家的联盟通过苏打水喷泉.

Young girls in Yerevan, Armenia, play in the mist created by the city's Republic Square fountain.: 在亚美尼亚的埃里温,女孩们正在共和广场上的喷泉旁嬉戏.

Stations and major public places, I have a water fountain.: 车站及大型公共场所都有自来水喷水口.

Overhead a fountain of molten metal arced kilometers through the air, a brilliant rainbow of fire.: 头顶上一个熔化金属喷泉弧状喷射到数公里高的空中, 形成一个燃烧的明亮彩虹.

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.

The fountain spurted water into the air.: 喷泉向空中喷水.

First, the water fountain problem.: 首先, 饮水机的问题.

As I bent over , my fountain pen fell to the ground.: 我一哈腰把钢笔掉在地上了.

These fountain pens last a long time.: 这种钢笔且使呢.

The fountain flows with a merry gurgle.: 泉水淙淙.

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.

At the centre of the park there is a fountain.: 公园正中有一个喷泉.

The brain is the ultimate fountain of ideas.: 大脑是思想的根本源泉.

The amplifier exploded in a fountain of sparks.: 放大器爆炸，喷射出火星。

Ten minutes later we were sluicing off dust at the fountain in the town centre.: 10分钟之后，我们就在市中心的喷泉里冲洗身上的灰尘了。

You are a fountain of ideas.: 你就是思想的源泉。

The fountain is reputed never to dry up.: 这口泉号称从不干涸。

Snape wrote a receipt with a gold fountain pen.: 斯内普用金笔开了一张收据。

Any true lover casting a pin into the fountain and gazing into it will see his or her future partner.: 只要你心诚，往喷泉里扔下一根大头针，然后盯着泉水看，就能看见未来伴侣的影子。

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