fountain
6 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural fountains
plural fountains
Learner's definition of FOUNTAIN
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a : a device or structure that sends a stream of water into the air in a garden, park, etc.喷泉；喷水池
- an elaborate marble fountain精美的大理石喷泉
- The crowd gathered around the fountain in the plaza.人群聚集在广场的喷泉周围。
also : the water that rises from a fountain喷泉水 — see also drinking fountain, soda fountain
- a fountain of water喷出的水流
b : something that rises into the air like a fountain of water喷射
- a fountain of flame/sparks火焰/火星的喷射
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: the source of something源泉；根源
- She is a fountain [=fount] of knowledge/wisdom.她是知识/智慧的源泉。
- an endless fountain of inspiration取之不竭的灵感源泉
