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单词 headspring
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headspring

[ hed-spring ]
/ ˈhɛdˌsprɪŋ /

noun

the fountainhead or source of a stream.
the source of anything.
an acrobatic feat similar to a handspring, except that the head as well as the hands touch the surface before the spring back to a standing position.

Origin of headspring

First recorded in 1350–1400, headspring is from the Middle English word hedspring.See head, spring

Words nearby headspring

headshrinker, headsman, head smut, heads or tails, headspace, headspring, headsquare, headstall, headstand, head start, head station
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Example sentences from the Web for headspring

  • Which of them that you are the only “headspring of all laws”?

    The Apology of the Church of England|John Jewel

British Dictionary definitions for headspring

headspring
/ (ˈhɛdˌsprɪŋ) /

noun

a spring that is the source of a stream
a spring using the head as a lever from a position lying on the ground
rare a source
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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