Definition of wellspring in English:

wellspring

noun ˈwɛlsprɪŋˈwɛlˌsprɪŋ

1
literary term for well head (sense 1)
Example sentencesExamples
- It is a wellspring to draw on in this latest challenge.
- He has located the wellspring of slave revolutionary behavior in Europe.
- Love, work and knowledge are the wellsprings of our life.
- It is 100 years since the discovery of the blues, the wellspring from which popular music as we know it first flowed.
- The wellspring of his art was his superb draughtsmanship, demonstrated in the Codex Valardi (Paris, Louvre), a great sequence of drawings that served as a visual record and source for many of his paintings.
2An abundant source of something.
a wellspring of ideas
Example sentencesExamples
- From the moment he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988, his wellsprings of creativity almost completely dried up.
- But California has a robust economy, boasts a diverse and vibrant population, provides technological leadership for the world, and remains a wellspring of new ideas.
- It is at the source, the wellspring of our feelings, that we may then either amplify or transform them.
- They also underscore the enduring richness of the continent's cultural heritage, which serves as a wellspring of creativity worldwide.
- We romanticize depression as a wellspring of finer thought, as the source of melancholic insight for artists, deep thinkers and sensitive souls.
Synonyms
source, supply, fount, fountainhead, reservoir, mine, fund, bank, repository, storehouse, treasury

Definition of wellspring in US English:

wellspring

nounˈwelˌspriNGˈwɛlˌsprɪŋ

literary

An original and bountiful source of something.
sadness is the wellspring of creativity
Example sentencesExamples
- But California has a robust economy, boasts a diverse and vibrant population, provides technological leadership for the world, and remains a wellspring of new ideas.
- From the moment he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988, his wellsprings of creativity almost completely dried up.
- It is at the source, the wellspring of our feelings, that we may then either amplify or transform them.
- We romanticize depression as a wellspring of finer thought, as the source of melancholic insight for artists, deep thinkers and sensitive souls.
- They also underscore the enduring richness of the continent's cultural heritage, which serves as a wellspring of creativity worldwide.
Synonyms
source, supply, fount, fountainhead, reservoir, mine, fund, bank, repository, storehouse, treasury

单词	wellspring
释义	Definition of wellspring in English: wellspring noun ˈwɛlsprɪŋˈwɛlˌsprɪŋ 1 literary term for well head (sense 1) Example sentencesExamples It is a wellspring to draw on in this latest challenge. He has located the wellspring of slave revolutionary behavior in Europe. Love, work and knowledge are the wellsprings of our life. It is 100 years since the discovery of the blues, the wellspring from which popular music as we know it first flowed. The wellspring of his art was his superb draughtsmanship, demonstrated in the Codex Valardi (Paris, Louvre), a great sequence of drawings that served as a visual record and source for many of his paintings. 2An abundant source of something. a wellspring of ideas Example sentencesExamples From the moment he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988, his wellsprings of creativity almost completely dried up. But California has a robust economy, boasts a diverse and vibrant population, provides technological leadership for the world, and remains a wellspring of new ideas. It is at the source, the wellspring of our feelings, that we may then either amplify or transform them. They also underscore the enduring richness of the continent's cultural heritage, which serves as a wellspring of creativity worldwide. We romanticize depression as a wellspring of finer thought, as the source of melancholic insight for artists, deep thinkers and sensitive souls. Synonyms source, supply, fount, fountainhead, reservoir, mine, fund, bank, repository, storehouse, treasury Definition of wellspring in US English: wellspring nounˈwelˌspriNGˈwɛlˌsprɪŋ literary An original and bountiful source of something. sadness is the wellspring of creativity Example sentencesExamples But California has a robust economy, boasts a diverse and vibrant population, provides technological leadership for the world, and remains a wellspring of new ideas. From the moment he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988, his wellsprings of creativity almost completely dried up. It is at the source, the wellspring of our feelings, that we may then either amplify or transform them. We romanticize depression as a wellspring of finer thought, as the source of melancholic insight for artists, deep thinkers and sensitive souls. They also underscore the enduring richness of the continent's cultural heritage, which serves as a wellspring of creativity worldwide. Synonyms source, supply, fount, fountainhead, reservoir, mine, fund, bank, repository, storehouse, treasury
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