Fountain
[ˈfaʊntən] or ['faʊntn]
解释:
(noun.) a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water.
(noun.) an artificially produced flow of water.
(noun.) a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises.
多琳校对--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A spring of water issuing from the earth.
(n.) An artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises or flows; a basin built and constantly supplied with pure water for drinking and other useful purposes, or for ornament.
(n.) A reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be conducted or drawn off as needed for use; as, the ink fountain in a printing press, etc.
(n.) The source from which anything proceeds, or from which anything is supplied continuously; origin; source.
校对:维托
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Spring, well, font.[2]. Jet, JET D'EAU.[3]. Source, original, origin, cause, first principle, fountain-head.
编辑:利瓦伊
解释:
n. a spring of water natural or artificial: the structure for a jet of water: the source of anything: a reservoir for holding oil &c. in a lamp.—ns. Fount a spring of water: a source; Fount′ain-head the head or source of a fountain: the beginning.—adj. Fount′ainless wanting fountains or springs of water.—n. Fount′ain-pen a pen having a reservoir for holding ink.—adj. Fount′ful full of springs.
整理:奥利维亚
娱乐性解释：
To dream that you see a clear fountain sparkling in the sunlight, denotes vast possessions, ecstatic delights and many pleasant journeys. A clouded fountain, denotes the insincerity of associates and unhappy engagements and love affairs. A dry and broken fountain, indicates death and cessation of pleasures. For a young woman to see a sparkling fountain in the moonlight, signifies ill-advised pleasure which may result in a desertion.
To dream of being at a soda fountain, denotes pleasure and profit after many exasperating experiences. To treat others to this and other delectable iced drinks; you will be rewarded in your efforts, though the outlook appears full of contradictions. Inharmonious environments, and desired results will be forthcoming.
手打:雷切尔
例句:
- Selden followed her, and still without speaking they seated themselves on a bench beside the fountain. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- One lived in Fountain Court, and the other two lived in the Lane, and he had seen them all go home. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- It is called a siphon recorder because the record is made by a little glass siphon down which a flow of ink is maintained like a fountain pen. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Night was far advanced, when I came to the half-way resting-place, and seated myself beside the fountain. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- She seems to have what I never saw in any woman before--a fountain of friendship towards men--a man can make a friend of her. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- A stream cannot rise above its fountain. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- No Sargon, no Thothmes, no Nebuchadnezzar, no Cyrus nor Alexander nor Chandragupta, was its fountain head. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- I remembered the ancient fables, in which human beings are described as dissolving away through weeping into ever-gushing fountains. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- He stood there in his strange, whole body, that had its marvellous fountains, like the bodies of the sons of God who were in the beginning. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- I had nothing to do but listen to the pattering of the fountains and take medicine and throw it up again. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Of what consequence was it to our four hearts, that they alone were the fountains of life in the wide world? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- The bands played, and so did the fountains; the moon and the gas lamps lit up the scene, and altogether it was a brilliant and an animated picture. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- It sometimes appears as a jet of fire from 20 to 30 feet high; and, in the neighbourhood of Thsee-Lieon-Teing, the salt works were formerly heated and lighted by means of these fountains of fire. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- The fountains, gardens, walks, avenues, and groves, were all disposed with exact judgment and taste. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
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