| 单词 | river fount |
| 释义 | > as lemmasriver fount river fount n. [frequently (in plural) translating ancient Greek ποταμῶν πηγαί or πηγαί ποταμῶν (plural) sources of the rivers] poetic the source of a river. ΚΠ 1831 W. J. Blew tr. Homer First Bk. of Iliad 68 Lapp'd on Cynthus' mount, Fast by the palm that shades Inopus' river-fount [Gk. ἐπ᾽ Ἰνωποῖο ῥεέθροις]. 1855 T. T. Lynch Rivulet lxxxii. 120 A river-fount unsealing In our dry hearts. 1896 F. B. Money-Coutts Poems p. ix If from the pastures by the river fount One voice belovèd to the wanderer mount. 1986 D. Furley tr. Euripides in J. H. Betts et al. Stud. T. B. L. Webster I. 109 The sea, the river founts [Gk. πηγαί τε ποταμῶν] forbid me crossing them. < as lemmas |
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