| 单词 | origin |
| 释义 | origin (once / 102 pages) 1n 2n 3n An origin is a start. You could say that the origin of yoga was in India, since that's where the practice began, or that the origin of the strawberries in the market is Mexico, since they were grown there. If your best friend asks you about the origin of your fear of mariachi bands, it means that she wants to know where your phobia came from. Your ancestry is another kind of origin — you might mention your Eastern European origin if that's where your ancestors came from. The root, start, or birth of something is its origin. The origin of the word origin is the Latin word originem, meaning "rise, beginning, or source." WORD FAMILYorigin: originate, origins+/originate: originated, originates, originating, origination, originative, originator/origination: originations/originator: originators USAGE EXAMPLESThe Scottish government money will help mark the origins in 1947 of the Edinburgh International, Fringe and Film Festivals. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) For instance, the first form is modeled after a talwar, a curved sword with Indian origins. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) One was a French citizen of Tunisian origin, who died with her Tunisian husband, according to the French Foreign Ministry. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n the place where something begins, where it springs into being Jupiter was the origin of the radiation Syn|Hypo|Hyper beginning, root, rootage, source derivation the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues) springa point at which water issues forth fountainhead, head, headspringthe source of water from which a stream arises headwaterthe source of a river wellhead, wellspringthe source of water for a well jumping-off place, point of departurea place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance, proveniencewhere something originated or was nurtured in its early existence homeplace where something began and flourished point sourcea concentrated source (especially of radiation or pollution) that is spatially constricted trail head, trailheadthe beginning of a trail point the precise location of something; a spatially limited location 2n an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events Syn|Hypo|Hyper inception, origination germination the origin of some development causeevents that provide the generative force that is the origin of something overture, preliminary, preludesomething that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows emanation, procession, rise(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost antecedenta preceding occurrence or cause or event aetiology, etiologythe cause of a disease factoranything that contributes causally to a result producersomething that produces mutagenesisan event capable of causing a mutation beginning the event consisting of the start of something 3n the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived 2the rumor had its origin in idle gossip vegetable origins mineral origin origin in sensation Hyper source (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system 1n properties attributable to your ancestry he comes from good origins Syn|Hypo|Hyper descent, extraction full blood descent from parents both of one pure breed ancestry, derivation, filiation, lineage inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline 2n the descendants of one individual 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept people descended from a common ancestor sidea family line of descent peoplemembers of a family line homefolkthe people of your home locality (especially your own family) housearistocratic family line dynastya sequence of powerful leaders in the same family gens, namefamily based on male descent family tree, genealogy successive generations of kin n the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero Hyper intersection a point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations |
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