英语单词

origin是什么意思

origin

英 ['ɒrɪdʒɪn] 美 ['ɔrɪdʒɪn]
  • n. 起源;原点;出身;开端

中文词源


origin 起源,发源

来自拉丁语origo,升起,上升,来自oriri,升起,出现,来自PIE*ergh,升起,上升,词源同orient,orogeny.引申词义起源,发源。

英文词源


origin
origin: [14] Etymologically, origin denotes literally an ‘arising’. The word was borrowed from Latin orīgō ‘source’, a derivative of the verb orīrī ‘rise’. This also produced English abort [16] (etymologically ‘be born badly’) and orient.
=> abort, orient
origin (n.)
c. 1400, "ancestry, race," from Old French origine "origin, race," and directly from Latin originem (nominative origo) "a rise, commencement, beginning, source; descent, lineage, birth," from stem of oriri "to rise, become visible, appear" (see orchestra).

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。

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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。

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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》

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