词汇 | fountain |
词根词缀 | 词源: c.1410, "spring of water that collects in a pool," from O.Fr. fontaine "natural spring," from L.L. fontana "fountain, spring," from L. fem. of fontanus "of a spring," from fons (gen. fontis) "spring (of water);" cognate with Skt. dhanvati "flows, runs." The extended sense of "artificial jet of water" (and the structures that make them) is first recorded 1509. Fountainhead "spring from which a stream flows" first recorded 1585. "A French fountain-pen is described in 1658 and Miss Burney used one in 1789" [Weekley]. 词根记忆: n. 泉水,喷泉,源泉I mounted the mountain and found a fountain with large amount of water.我登上那座山发现一个水量很大的喷泉. |
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