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单词 fons et origo
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Definition of fons et origo in English:

fons et origo

nounˌfɒnz ɛt ˈɒrɪɡəʊfɒnz ɛt ɒˈrʌɪɡəʊ
  • The source and origin of something.

    源,根源

    they recognized the sixties as the fons et origo of music as they knew it

    他们把60年代看做是他们所了解的音乐的起源。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sir Walter Scott's Waverley of 1814 is in many ways the fons et origo of the nineteenth-century historical novel.
    • It started with a spurt, from the heart I assume (the fons et origo of emotion according to experts).
    • Water is the universal congress of potentialities, the fons et origo, which precedes all form and all creation.
    • The fons et origo of authority in that system - corporal punishment - will be absent from the series in spite of cane-flexing publicity photographs.
    • Although cult images are recognized as the fons et origo of superstition and error, the legislation is unequivocal about saving them.
    • At Cheltenham the sport is the fons et origo of the entire three days.
    Synonyms
    beginning, start, origination, genesis, birth, dawning, dawn, emergence, inception, launch, creation, birthplace, cradle, early stages, conception, inauguration, foundation, outset

Origin

Latin, originally as fons et origo mali 'the source and origin of evil'.

Definition of fons et origo in US English:

fons et origo

nounˈfänz et ōˈrīɡō
  • The source and origin of something.

    源,根源

    they recognized the sixties as the fons et origo of music as they knew it

    他们把60年代看做是他们所了解的音乐的起源。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It started with a spurt, from the heart I assume (the fons et origo of emotion according to experts).
    • Although cult images are recognized as the fons et origo of superstition and error, the legislation is unequivocal about saving them.
    • At Cheltenham the sport is the fons et origo of the entire three days.
    • The fons et origo of authority in that system - corporal punishment - will be absent from the series in spite of cane-flexing publicity photographs.
    • Sir Walter Scott's Waverley of 1814 is in many ways the fons et origo of the nineteenth-century historical novel.
    • Water is the universal congress of potentialities, the fons et origo, which precedes all form and all creation.
    Synonyms
    beginning, start, origination, genesis, birth, dawning, dawn, emergence, inception, launch, creation, birthplace, cradle, early stages, conception, inauguration, foundation, outset

Origin

Latin, originally as fons et origo mali ‘the source and origin of evil’.

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