fount
英 [faʊnt]
美 [faʊnt]
n. (重要事物的)来源，根源，源泉
复数：founts
BNC.22123 / COCA.29001
牛津词典
noun
- （重要事物的）来源，根源，源泉
the place where sth important comes from- She treats him as if he were the fount of all knowledge .
她把他当成无所不晓。
- She treats him as if he were the fount of all knowledge .
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 来源;源泉;根源
If you describe a person or thing asthefount ofsomething, you are saying that they are an important source or supply of it.- To the young boy his father was the fount of all knowledge.
对于这个小男孩儿来说，他的父亲就是所有知识的源泉。
- To the young boy his father was the fount of all knowledge.
英英释义
noun
- a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water
- a specific size and style of type within a type family
双语例句
- The prime fount of business opportunity in almost all countries.
几乎所有国家中企业成功机会的主要源头。 - Fount, Tree, and Shed are gone, I know not whither.
泉眼，树木和小屋消失了，我不知身在何地。 - It is the fount of our artistic and altruistic ideals.
它是我们的审美趣味和利他理想的源泉。 - Owing to its long history, it has been functioning as the source and fount of traditional Chinese culture;
因为它年代久远，就自然对中华传统文化的形成起到了源头活水的作用； - A year earlier Mr Koizumi had called a general election and won in a landslide, appealing over the heads of his party in favour of essential reforms, notably the privatisation of the postal-savings system, a fount of political patronage.
一年前，小泉举行了大选，取得了压倒性的胜利，呼吁其党派的大佬们支持必要的改革，尤其是邮政储蓄系统的私营化和政治赞助的问题。 - The fount of poetic inspiration is not to be found in an archive.
诗歌灵感的源泉并不在档案馆里。 - Postscript fount: A fount specially written in PostScript code which can be used in a PostScript-compatible printer or image-setter.
后记码字：特别用后记码编写的一套字体，可应用于后记码兼容的印字机或影排机上。 - Generic fount: A fount used in screen display or a proof printer to represent an entire category of higher-quality output founts.
总字体：萤幕显示或稿样印字机用的字体，它代替输出用的高品质字体。 - After the lecture I bump into a fragrance industry friend who is a fount of obscure knowledge.
在讲座结束后，我偶遇了一位在香水行业工作的朋友，他对于一些不为人知的知识很有了解。 - You and I have floated here on the stream that brings from the fount.
你与我漂浮在河流之上，正因为我们都来自相同的源泉。