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单词 original
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
o•rig•i•nal /əˈrɪdʒənəl/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. belonging or relating to the origin or beginning of something; earliest:[before a noun]the original source of the problem.
  2. arising or proceeding independently;
    inventive:an original idea.
  3. thinking or acting in an independent, creative, or individual manner:an original thinker.
  4. created, undertaken, or presented for the first time:[before a noun]the original performance of a play.
  5. being that from which a copy, translation, or the like is made:The original document is in Washington.

n. [countable]
  1. a primary form or type from which other, different types come.
  2. an original work, document, or the like, as opposed to a copy or imitation.
  3. a person whose ways of thinking or acting are original.
o•rig•i•nal•i•ty /əˌrɪdʒəˈnælɪti/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]See -ori-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
o•rig•i•nal  (ə rijə nl),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning:The book still has its original binding.
  2. new;
    fresh;
    inventive;
    novel:an original way of advertising.
  3. arising or proceeding independently of anything else:an original view of history.
  4. capable of or given to thinking or acting in an independent, creative, or individual manner:an original thinker.
  5. created, undertaken, or presented for the first time:to give the original performance of a string quartet.
  6. being something from which a copy, a translation, or the like is made:The original document is in Washington.

n. 
  1. a primary form or type from which varieties are derived.
  2. an original work, writing, or the like, as opposed to any copy or imitation:The original of this is in the British Museum.
  3. the person or thing represented by a picture, description, etc.:The original is said to have been the painter's own house.
  4. a person whose ways of thinking or acting are original:In a field of brilliant technicians he is a true original.
  5. [Archaic.]an eccentric person.
  6. [Archaic.]a source of being;
    an author or originator.
  • Latin orīginālis (adjective, adjectival) and Medieval Latin orīgināle original document (noun, nominal use of neuter adjective, adjectival), equivalent. to orīgin- (see origin) + -ālis -al1
  • Middle English 1300–50
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged primary, primordial, primeval, primitive, aboriginal.
    • 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged archetype, pattern, prototype, model.
    • 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged copy.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
original /əˈrɪdʒɪnəl/ adj
  1. of or relating to an origin or beginning
  2. fresh and unusual; novel
  3. able to think of or carry out new ideas or concepts
  4. being that from which a copy, translation, etc, is made
n
  1. the first and genuine form of something, from which others are derived
  2. a person or thing used as a model in art or literature
  3. a person whose way of thinking is unusual or creative
  4. the first form or occurrence of something
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