origin
- n. 起源;出身;[数]原点;起因
详细释义
- 起源,根源,渊源, 源泉,本源
- 出身,出生,身世,门第
- 起点,开始,源头,发端
- 【数】原点
- 由来,起因
- 【解】起端
- 基因
- 起点,来源 starting-point; source
- [P]出身,来历 person's parentage, background, etc.
英英释义
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the place where something begins, where it springs into being;
"the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"
"Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"
"Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"
"communism's Russian root"
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properties attributable to your ancestry;
"he comes from good origins"
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an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
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the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
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the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived;
"the rumor had its origin in idle gossip"
"vegetable origins"
"mineral origin"
"origin in sensation"
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the descendants of one individual;
"his entire lineage has been warriors"
双语例句
- 1. There are some areas of wetland which are of ancient origin.
- 有一些湿地在古代就形成了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. If it's possible, track the rumour back to its origin.
- 如果可能,应追查谣言的源头。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Most of the thickeners are of plant origin.
- 大部分增稠剂来源于植物。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Their medical problems are basically physical in origin.
- 他们的病症主要是由于身体原因引起的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Living conditions are vastly different from those pertaining in their country of origin.
- 生活条件与他们祖国大不相同。
来自《权威词典》
- The social unrest has its origins in economic problems.
社会动荡是经济问题引起的。 - This is the true story of the weeds: the origin of the species.
这是一个关于野草的真实故事:关于他们的物种起源。 - He is a Dane by origin.
他原籍丹麦。 - The family had its origin in Canada.
这家祖上是加拿大人。
- Many words in the English language are French in origin.
英语中的许多词源于法语。 - What's the origin of your anxiety?
你焦虑的根源是什么? - He is considered to be of noble origin.
人们都认为他出身高贵。
用法讲解
- 表示某人或某物怎么样的出身或起源时,用主语+of+形容词+origin的表达结构,注意of后没有a/the。例如men of humble origin(出身卑贱的人), words of Latin origin(起源拉丁语的文字)等;
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在一些特定句子中,人们习惯用origin的复数形式origins。
Nothing certain is known of his origins.
His origins were humble.
- origin, source
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- 这两个词均可指事物的起点。origin多指“始于遥远的时间或地点”; source多用于隐喻,说明河流的源头或收入、情报、消息等来源。
- origin,source,root
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- 这些名词均有“起源、起因、根源”之意。
- origin侧重指事物的起源或由来,也指人的出身。
- source本义指河流或瀑布的源头,引申指某事的来源出处,但更多指抽象事物的根源或来源。
- root通常指事物产生的原因或根源。
- determine〔explain, enquire into〕 the origin 确定〔解释,探索〕起源
- humble〔low〕 origins 卑微〔低贱〕的出身
- the same〔common〕 origin 相同的起源
- the origin of… 的起源