1
- used or produced at the creation or earliest stage of something起初的; 原来的：
costumes made afresh from the original designs
根据原设计重新制作的服装
the plasterwork is probably original.
该石膏制品很可能是原件。
1.1
- attrib. present or existing at the beginning of a series or process; first开始的; 首先的：
the original owner of the house.
房子原主人。
2
- created directly and personally by a particular artist; not an imitation原著; 原作：
original Rembrandts.
伦伯朗的原作。
3
- not dependent on other people's ideas; inventive and unusual创新的; 独创的：
a subtle and original thinker.
敏锐的有独到见地的思想家。
1
- something serving as a model or basis for imitations or copies原件; 原版; 原物：
the portrait may be a copy of the original
画像可能是原作的复制品
one set of originals and four photocopies.
一套原件和四套复印件。
1.1
the original
the form or language in which something was first produced or created原版; 首版：the study of Russian texts in the original.
原版俄语文本的研究。
1.2
the original of
a person or place on which a character or location in a literary work is based（文学作品中人物或地点的）原型：the house is reputed to be the original of Mansfield Park.
这所房子被公认为是《曼斯菲尔德公园》的原型。
1.3
- a song, picture, etc. produced by a performer or artist personally（歌、画等的）原创作品; 创作作品：
a mix of traditional tunes and originals.
传统曲调和原创曲调的混合。
1.4
- a book or recording that has not been previously made available in a different form原版书; 原版唱片：
paperback originals.
平装本原版书。
1.5
- a garment made to order from a design specially prepared for a fashion collection（根据服装展特制图样定做的）真品原板服装。
2
- an eccentric or unusual person古怪的人：
he was one of the true originals.
他是那些真正古怪的人之一。
词源
Middle English （the earliest use being in the phrase original sin）： from Old French, or from Latin originalis, from origin- (see ORIGIN).