fountain
fountain
noun
fountained
adjective
noun
- an ornamental structure in a pool or lake from which one or more jets of water are pumped into the air
喷泉
■short for drinking fountain
drinking fountain 的简称
■(figurative)a thing that spurts or cascades into the air
(喻)喷射（或喷流）物
little fountains of dust.
喷泉般涌出的灰尘。 - (poetic/literary or S. African)a natural spring of water
(诗/文 或 南非)天然泉
■a source of a desirable quality
源，源泉
the government always quote this report as the fountain of truth.
政府老是引用这份报告，把它当作真理的源泉。 - (Heraldry)a roundel barry wavy argent and azure (i.e. a circle with wavy horizontal stripes of blue and white)
(纹章)银蓝相间波状纹圆盾
- [no obj.]spurt or cascade like a fountain
喷射；喷流
she watched the blood fountaining from her wrists.
她看着血从手腕喷涌而出。
fountained
adjective
- (poetic/literary).)(诗/文).)
- Middle English (in sense 2): from Old French fontaine, from late Latin fontana, feminine of Latin fontanus, adjective from fons, font- 'a spring'
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