单词 | original |
释义 | original adj. & n. --adj   1. existing from the beginning; innate.   2. novel; inventive; creative (has an original mind).   3. serving as a pattern; not derivative or imitative; firsthand (in the original Greek; has an original Rembrandt). --n   1. an original model, pattern, picture, etc. from which another is copied or translated (kept the copy and destroyed the original).   2. an eccentric or unusual person.   3. a a garment specially designed for a fashion collection. b a copy of such a garment made to order. Phrases and idioms original instrument a musical instrument, or a copy of one, dating from the time the music played on it was composed. original print a print made directly from an artist's own woodcut, etching, etc., and printed under the artist's supervision. original sin the innate depravity of all mankind held to be a consequence of the Fall. Derivatives originally adv. Etymology: ME f. OF original or L originalis (as ORIGIN) |
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