The curtains were never drawn, even at night, so guests got a view of the lake and fountains outside which were lit up at night – a very attractive sight.
出自-2013年12月聽力原文
柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
N-COUNT
噴泉;噴水池
A fountain is an ornamental feature in a pool or lake which consists of a long narrow stream of water that is forced up into the air by a pump.
N-COUNT
噴射;噴涌
A fountain of a liquid is an amount of it which is sent up into the air and falls back.
例句
The volcano spewed a fountain of molten rock 650 feet in the air.這座火山噴射出的巖漿高達650英尺。
N-COUNT
源泉;根源;來源
If you describe a person or thing as a fountain of something, you mean they are an important source of it and supply a lot of it.
例句
You are a fountain of ideas.你就是思想的源泉。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
噴水; 噴泉
The fountain plays only at weekend.這個噴泉僅在周末噴水。
來源, 根源, 源泉
Ancient Greece was a fountain of wisdom and philosophy.古希臘是智慧和哲學的發源地。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises
2. a natural flow of ground water
3. an artificially produced flow of water
4. a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water