fountainhead
noun uk/ˈfaʊn.tɪn.hed/ us/ˈfaʊn.tən.hed/
(CAUSE)
[ C usually singular ] formal源头，源泉;根源，本源
a thing, person, or place where something comes from or begins, or that is the cause of something
The weekly journal National Review is recognized as the intellectual fountainhead of modern conservatism. 《国家评论》周刊被公认为现代保守主义的思想源泉。。
Together, these writers transformed the small village into a fountainhead of creative and intellectual achievement. 这些作家共同努力把这个小村庄变成了创造性和智力成就的源泉。
He was the creative fountainhead at the agency for 14 years. 14年来，他一直是公司的创意源泉。
Synonym: source
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- The incident confirmed the museum's reputation as a fountainhead of artistic liberalism in the era's "culture wars."
- He is a fountainhead of innovation and new ideas.
- One of the fountainheads of the modern travel documentary was Robert Flaherty.
- It has been suggested that Longfellow aspired to be the poetic fountainhead for America that Chaucer had been for England.
- She agrees that racism is widespread in modern society and sets out what she believes to be its main fountainheads.
(STATUE)
[ C ]装饰喷泉
a decorative object made of stone, metal, etc. with a small opening that water comes out of as part of a fountain (= a decorative stream of water in a garden, lake, etc.)
The yard is full of huge blue and green glazed pots, tiles, plaques and decorative fountainheads. 院子里摆满了巨大的蓝绿色釉盆、瓷砖、牌匾和装饰性的喷泉。
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- The works exhibited include a bronze putto fountainhead by Donatello.
- The cockerel is thought to have been one of 12 fountainheads around a marble basin at the palace of Madina al-Zahra, near Cordoba.
- At the far end of the hall, surrounded by garlanded attendants, a plump woman sat on her throne, like a fountainhead.