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。出自：英语谚语

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.

英语六级真题

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.

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

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

英汉词典释义

n.

喷水; 喷泉

来源, 根源, 源泉

人工喷泉；喷水池

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；