n.噴泉；源泉；儲水容器；泉水

v.使像噴泉一樣流

She dabbled her fingers in the fountain. 她用手指在噴泉中玩水。

The parks of this city are famous for their ornate fountains. 這個城市的公園以其華麗的噴泉而著名。

Social life is the fountain of wisdom of writers. 社會生活是作家們智慧的源泉。

The brain is the ultimate fountain of ideas. 大腦是思想的根本源泉。

OK. You go out and get a drink of water at the fountain. 好。你出去在飲水機那兒喝點水吧。

The fountain babbled its familiar music. 泉水發(fā)出慣常的潺潺聲。

fountain的基本意思是“噴水,噴泉”,指水從地下噴到空中所形成的景觀,尤指人造的、用來裝飾的噴泉,此時fountain用作可數(shù)名詞。fountain還可指某一事物的起源,即“來源,根源,源泉”,此時fountain用作不可數(shù)名詞。

fountain后常接介詞of,表示“…的根源”。