font

font1
noun
  1. a receptacle in a church for the water used in baptism, typically a free-standing stone structure
    洗礼盆,圣水器
    ■a reservoir for oil in an oil lamp
    (油灯的)盛油罐
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fontal
adjective
语源
  1. late Old English: from Latin fons, 'font- spring, fountain', occurring in the ecclesiastical Latin phrase fons or fontes baptismi 'baptismal water(s')

font2
( 英 亦作 fount )
noun
  1. (Printing)a set of type of one particular face and size
    (印刷)(字体、字号相同的)一副活字,字型
语源
  1. late 16th cent. (denoting the action or process of casting or founding): from French fonte, from fondre 'to melt'
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