fountain / ˈfaʊn tn /

💦中学词汇喷泉泉眼喷水池泉源

fountain 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. a spring or source of water; the source or head of a stream.
  2. the source or origin of anything.
  3. a jet or stream of water made by mechanical means to spout or rise from an opening or structure, as to afford water for use, to cool the air, or to serve for ornament.
  4. a structure for discharging such a jet or a number of jets, often an elaborate or artistic work with basins, sculptures, etc.
  5. drinking fountain.
  6. soda fountain.
  7. a reservoir for a liquid to be supplied gradually or continuously, as in a fountain pen.
  8. Heraldry. a roundel barry-wavy, argent and azure.

fountain 近义词

n. 名词 noun

source, often of liquid

更多fountain例句

  1. They stood by a brick fountain outside the 50-foot buffer zone in which electioneering and harassment are prohibited.
  2. The men’s bathroom at the local Regal here in upstate New York has had broken urinals and a broken water fountain since I moved here.
  3. Luckily, newer fountain pen models are more reliable, with simple ink refills and secure caps that make these pens as mess free as they are beautiful.
  4. Still, this fountain runs low whenever something depends on the third party.
  5. For every serious entrepreneur, there is a fountain of energy that never runs dry in doing things.
  6. Terry Chung, an expert on fluidics and fountain systems, led the engineering of the mechanical systems.
  7. Instead of the eight flavors a typical fountain could dispense, they might want 15 or 20.
  8. He wandered into Fountain City, a suburb of Knoxville, where he fended for himself.
  9. A few of those community leaders invited Scopes to the drugstore, bought him a fountain drink, and convinced him to stand trial.
  10. Depending on who you ask, cardio exercise is either the fountain of youth or the ticket to an early grave.
  11. At Buffalo, where this fountain was exhibited, it received honorable mention.
  12. John was baptizing at a large pool called Ænon-by-Saleim,—probably allegorical, meaning “Fountain of Repose.”
  13. A clock was put above the spot where the fountain stood, in April, 1852, which cost £60.
  14. In the centre of many of the rooms there played a small fountain; in others there were four, one in each angle.
  15. The Alle is not all on a level, but descends gradually from the springs to a fountain which is at the opposite end.