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词汇 fountain
释义 fountain
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈfaʊn.tɪn/ us /ˈfaʊn.tən/
B1
a stream of water that is forced up into the air through a small hole, especially for decorative effect, or the structure in a lake or pool from which this flows泉水;(尤指具有装饰效果的)喷泉
 
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Examples

There was a picture of the Trevi fountain on the front of the book.书的封面上有一张特里威喷泉的图片。
They also sell garden ornaments such as statues and fountains.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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Garden buildings & structures
Examples from literature

The stories said that water from this fountain was good for people. 
Half of it was shut in by a huge, castle-like structure, which with its carved stone fountain gave the place almost a medieval air. 
He glanced at her face, musing and wondering, inhaling the sweet, intoxicating odours of the flowers and listening to the tinkling of the hidden fountain. 
It was a scorching afternoon in August, but there was some cooling comfort in seeing the dancing water of the fountains sparkling so brightly in the sunshine. 
The fortress is built above the fountain, in the middle of the city. 
The water spills over from the fountain into ferns and flowers banked within a marble curb. 

fountain | American Dictionary


fountain
noun[ C ]
us/ˈfɑʊn·tən/
a stream of water that is forced up into the air through a small hole, esp. for decorative effect, or the structure from which this flows:
the fountain in Central Park

Examples of fountain


fountain
The significance of lotus seed longevity is not, as it is sometimes viewed by the public, a path to discovery of a 'fountain of youth'.
He uncapped his fountain pen, sketched a couple of crude diagrams, and surrounded them with mathematical equations.
However, fountains and other public structures that did not conform to the provisions of the roads were to be relocated to more appropriate places.
First, amacrine cells with the characteristic morphology of fountain cells are found throughout the rabbit retina.
A fountain in the center of the room seems to be largely constructed of naturalistic ornament and neither floors nor walls appear to be patterned.
Much the same could be said of the exotic plants in the parks' inevitable conservatories as well as the statues, grottoes, fountains and pavilions.
Attention is then diverted by a fountain to the left, before the powerful perspective of the pergola re-asserts the east-west axis.
There was no fountain in the public gardens near her home.
Evaporative cooling by shallow internal pools, fountains and salsabil (inclined water-fed cooling plates) were also widely used.
It encapsulates the lifeblood of the burgeoning retirement industry, and the secret to longevity for retirees who seek the fountain of agelessness.
Plants were also disposed around the edges of the fountains.
This was followed by other placards showing potted trees and a plastic fountain ('water feature') and giving prices.
Above the fountains are windows illuminating the interior rooms and conveying the sound of the falling water.
He was just getting started, was a fountain of ideas, a powerhouse of energy, and had unsurpassed technique and mastery of experimental science.
However, as long as the inflow is turbulent, resident magma is entrained into the rising fountain and a stratified hybrid layer is formed.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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