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 fountain ['faʊntɪn]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 水源, 源, 喷泉, 泉水, 本源

[医] 泉


  1. The parks of this city are famous for their ornate fountains.
    这个城市的公园以其华丽的喷泉而著名。
  2. She dabbled her hands in the fountain.
    她把手伸到喷泉中玩水。
  3. She dabbled her fingers in the fountain.
    她用手指在喷泉中玩水.


fountain
[ noun ]
  1. a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises

    2. <noun.artifact>
  2. a natural flow of ground water

    3. <noun.object>
  3. an artificially produced flow of water

    4. <noun.artifact>
  4. a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water

    5. <noun.artifact>


Fountain \Foun"tain\ (foun"t[i^]n), n. [F. fontaine, LL.
fontana, fr. L. fons, fontis. See 2d {Fount}.]
1. A spring of water issuing from the earth.

2. An artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the
structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises or
flows; a basin built and constantly supplied with pure
water for drinking and other useful purposes, or for
ornament.

3. A reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be
conducted or drawn off as needed for use; as, the ink
fountain in a printing press, etc.

4. The source from which anything proceeds, or from which
anything is supplied continuously; origin; source.

Judea, the fountain of the gospel. --Fuller.

Author of all being,
Fountain of light, thyself invisible. --Milton.

{Air fountain}. See under {Air}.

{Fountain heead}, primary source; original; first principle.
--Young.

{Fountain inkstand}, an inkstand having a continual supply of
ink, as from elevated reservoir.

{Fountain lamp}, a lamp fed with oil from an elevated
reservoir.

{Fountain pen}, a pen with a reservoir in the handle which
furnishes a supply of ink.

{Fountain pump}.
(a) A structure for a fountain, having the form of a pump.
(b) A portable garden pump which throws a jet, for
watering plants, etc.

{Fountain shell} (Zo["o]l.), the large West Indian conch
shell ({Strombus gigas}).

{Fountain of youth}, a mythical fountain whose waters were
fabled to have the property of renewing youth.

  1. Playing a New Orleans cop, he pokes at a mobster's corpse that sprawls in a public fountain.
  2. A frequent visitor to the United States, Chirac hitchiked around America as a youth, working for a time as a fountain clerk at a Howard Johnson restaurant.
  3. Sam Burroughs, an off-duty city police detective, was driving through Country Club Plaza early today when he saw a man collecting coins from a fountain, said Lt.
  4. Consider, for instance, a funeral ad showing a little boy holding another child up to a drinking fountain.
  5. A lobby fountain was turned off.
  6. "Pepsi's fountain thrust has been blunted," says Emanuel Goldman, a PaineWebber Inc. analyst.
  7. But its restaurant fountain volume soared 11% in the quarter, largely aided by the addition of Burger King fountain accounts shifting from rival PepsiCo Inc.
  8. But its restaurant fountain volume soared 11% in the quarter, largely aided by the addition of Burger King fountain accounts shifting from rival PepsiCo Inc.
  9. But after the Soviet withdrawal, Austria installed a fountain in front of the monument.
  10. A homeless man in tennis shoes fished for spare coins in a fountain; across the street families traipsed into Radio City Music Hall for the Christmas show.
  11. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which awards the prize, quoted Paul Samuelson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who won the award in 1970: "Allais is a fountain of original and independent discovery.
  12. He merged Pepsi-Cola with Frito-Lay in 1965 partly because chips go well with cola, and he bought Pizza Hut 12 years later, partly to get a new fountain outlet.
  13. By contrast, Coke's domestic sales have been lackluster. While the company's international volume grew by 9% in the first quarter, retail case sales in the U.S. increased 3%, with fountain volume rising a slim 1%.
  14. John Hejduk is working with poet David Shapiro on a series of haunting sentrylike metal constructions and a spiky metal fountain.
  15. Among other things, the Purchase, N.Y.-based company isn't as dependent on fountain sales as Coke is and those restaurants where it is sold, particularly its own Pizza Hut and Taco Bell chains, are generally enjoying heavier customer traffic.
  16. Coke said its fountain sales are picking up this quarter, thanks to "new distribution" coming on line.
  17. "He saw the fountain (at City Hall) and was in it in no time," Pomeroy said.
  18. Abbado concentrates on making the score sound limpid and lustrous, the scoring substantial and picturesque: buoyant rhythms pick up swirling sea-breezes, delicately fashioned phrasing catches fountain ripples, the scent of evening air.
  19. Probably made for the chateau of Versailles, the fountain is depicted in the painting 'Le Bain de Venus' by 18th century artist Francois Boucher.
  20. "Those who think there is a fountain of profits in the securities industry that will solve the ills of banks are severely mistaken," Mr. Breeden said.
  21. A convicted killer who escaped from a military prison was captured today while he was collecting coins from a park fountain, authorities said.
  22. Politicians seek the mainstream the way explorers once went in quest of the fountain of youth, looking for comparable benefits.
  23. The record price for any piece of silver is $1.98 million paid at Christie's in New York last month for a 17th-century Sicilian table fountain.
  24. "When we have seen a pickup in our fountain business, it usually occurs six to eight months before the whole economy picks up," Mr. Goizueta said.
  25. The 100 separate works include carved heads, a sculpture using a huge fish net, and a brick fountain in the shape of a heart known as the Heart of Washington.
  26. Closer to home, Coke's domestic volume is expected to increase a slim 3% or so, reflecting continued soft sales among fast-food restaurants, one of the biggest clients for fountain soft drinks.
  27. Gathered around an empty fountain, the Salvation Army trombones struck up with festive sonority.
  28. All her early drafts are composed with an old-fashioned fountain pen on great stacks of yellow legal-size pads.
  29. The house wraps around three sides of a 45-square-foot courtyard where a stone fountain was bubbling water.
  30. The 22-inch-high, two-tiered centerpiece supported by four horses is based on Giovanni Montolorsoli's marble fountain of Orion.
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