a place, person, or thing from which something comes or can be obtained 鲭是一种很好的鱼油来源 mackerel is a good source of fish oil. ■a spring or fountain head from which a river or stream issues (河流或小溪的)源头 the source of the Nile. 尼罗河的源头。 ■a person who provides information 提供信息的人 military sources announced a reduction in strategic nuclear weapons. 军方消息人士宣布减少战略核武器。 ■a book or document used to provide evidence in research 出处,原始资料 ■(technical)a body or process by which energy or a particular component enters a system (技)源。 sink的反义词 ■(Electronics)a part of a field-effect transistor from which carriers flow into the interelectrode channel (电子)源极;电源
verb
[withobj.](常作be sourced)obtain from a particular source 从特定来源获得 each type of coffee is sourced from one country. 每一种咖啡都来自某一个国家。 ■find out where (something) can be obtained 找出…的来源 she was called upon to source a supply of carpet. 她被要求寻找地毯供应的来源。
常用词组 at source
at the point of origin or issue 在源头 reduction of pollution at source. 在源头上减少污染。 ■used to show that a sum is deducted from earnings or other payments before they are made (从工资或其他付款中)直接扣除 your pension contribution will be deducted at source. 你的养老金部分将被直接扣除。
语源
late Middle English: from Old French sours(e), past participle of sourdre 'to rise', from Latin surgere