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foun·tain AHD[founʹtən] D.J.[ˈfaʊntən]K.K.[ˈfaʊntən]n.（名词） Bethesda Fountain and its sculpture Angel of the Waters,1873, by Emma Stebbins (1810-1882), Central Park, New York CityPhotoDisc, Inc.- An artificially created jet or stream of water.人造喷泉，喷泉水：一个人造的喷嘴或一股人造水流
- A structure, often decorative, from which a jet or stream of water issues.人造喷泉：一种装饰性的能使水流喷出的装置
- A spring, especially the source of a stream.泉源：一股喷泉，尤指溪流的源泉
- A reservoir or chamber containing a supply of liquid that can be siphoned off as needed.液体贮存器：一个贮水的器皿或容器，需要水时便可从中喷出来
- A soda fountain.汽水桶，冷饮柜
- A point of origin or dissemination; a source:源头，来源：发源的源头或传播的源头；来源：the library, a fountain of information.图书馆是信息的源头
v.intr.tr.（不及物动词和及物动词）foun.tained, foun.tain.ing, foun.tains - To flow or cause to flow like a fountain.（像喷泉般）流动：（使）泉水般地喷出或涌出
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Old French fontaine 源自 古法语 fontaine
- from Late Latin fontāna 源自 后期拉丁语 fontāna
- from Latin [feminine of] fontānus [of a spring] 源自 拉丁语 fontānus的阴性词 [喷泉的]
- from fōns font- [spring] 源自 fōns font- [喷泉]
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