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释义 | origin/ˈɒrɪdʒɪn /noun 1 (also origins) The point or place where something begins, arises, or is derived: his theory of the origin of life the name is Norse in origin the terminology has its origins in America...
Synonyms beginning, start, origination, genesis, birth, dawning, dawn, emergence, inception, launch, creation, birthplace, cradle, early stages, conception, inauguration, foundation, outset; source, basis, base, cause, root, roots, spring, mainspring, well head, fountainhead, fountain, fount, head, seat, seed, germ; Latin fons et origo formal commencement literary wellspring rare radix source, derivation, root, roots, provenance, etymology; North American provenience 1.1A person’s social background or ancestry: a family of peasant origin a voice that betrays his Welsh origins...
Synonyms descent, ancestry, parentage, pedigree, lineage, line, line of descent, heritage, birth, extraction, background, family, stock, blood, bloodline, genealogy, beginnings rare filiation, stirps 2 Anatomy The more fixed end or attachment of a muscle.It is usually placed on a level above and behind the condyloid origin of flexor carpi ulnaris....
3 Mathematics A fixed point from which coordinates are measured.Given ABC, we may assume its vertices lie on a circle centered at the origin of a Cartesian coordinate system....
OriginEarly 16th century: from French origine, from Latin origo, origin-, from oriri 'to rise'. |
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