origin

英 [ˈɒrɪdʒɪn]

美 [ˈɔːrɪdʒɪn]

n.  起源; 源头; 起因; 身世; 出身

复数：origins　

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牛津词典

noun

• 起源；源头；起因
  the point from which sth starts; the cause of sth
  1. the origins of life on earth
     地球上生命的起源
  2. Most coughs are viral in origin (= caused by a virus) .
     咳嗽大多是由病毒引发的。
  3. The origin of the word remains obscure.
     该词的来源尚不清楚。
  4. This particular custom has its origins in Wales.
     这一特殊风俗起源于威尔士。
• 身世；出身
  a person's social and family background
  1. She has risen from humble origins to immense wealth.
     她出身卑微，终成巨富。
  2. children of various ethnic origins
     各族裔的儿童
  3. people of German origin
     德裔民众
  4. a person's country of origin (= where they were born)
     某人的出生国

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 起源；来源；起因；由来
  You can refer to the beginning, cause, or source of something as itsoriginororigins.
  1. ...theories about the origin of life...
     有关生命起源的各种理论
  2. The disorder in military policy had its origins in Truman's first term...
     军事政策的混乱可追溯到杜鲁门的第一届任期。
  3. Their medical problems are basically physical in origin...
     他们的病症主要是由于身体原因引起的。
  4. Most of the thickeners are of plant origin.
     大部分增稠剂来源于植物。
• N-COUNT 出身；身世；血统
  When you talk about a person'soriginororigins, you are referring to the country, race, or social class of their parents or ancestors.
  1. Thomas has not forgotten his humble origins.
     托马斯没有忘记自己卑微的出身。
  2. ...people of Asian origin...
     亚裔民众
  3. They are forced to return to their country of origin.
     他们被迫返回出生国。

英英释义

noun

• properties attributable to your ancestry
  1. he comes from good origins
  Synonym:descentextraction
• the point of intersection of coordinate axes
• an event that is a beginning
  Synonym:originationinception
• the descendants of one individual
  1. his entire lineage has been warriors
  Synonym:lineagelineline of descentdescentbloodlineblood linebloodpedigreeancestryparentagestemmastock
• the place where something begins, where it springs into being
  1. the Italian beginning of the Renaissance
  2. Jupiter was the origin of the radiation
  3. Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River
  4. communism's Russian root
  Synonym:beginningrootrootagesource
• the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived
  1. the rumor had its origin in idle gossip
  2. vegetable origins
  3. mineral origin
  4. origin in sensation

双语例句

• Darwin generalized from many facts to reach his idea about the origin of man.
  达尔文对许多事实加以归纳，得出了他对于人类起源的观点。
• He only talked about the structure of the sonata without mentioning its origin.
  他只谈到奏鸣曲的结构，而未及于它的起源。
• She was despised because she was of humble origin.
  她因出身低贱而受到蔑视。
• They talked about the competing theories of the origin of life.
  他们讨论了几种相互矛盾的生命起源理论。
• We have experimental and observational evidence concerning things which happened before and after the origin of life.
  有关生命起源前后发生了什么，我们通过实验和观察得出了一些证据。
• There is no easily visualizable mode that can explain its origin properly.
  没有一个容易想象的模型可以适当地解释它的起源。
• Most of the thickeners are of plant origin.
  大部分增稠剂来源于植物。
• One must not forget his origin, now that he is appointed to the leading post.
  当了领导干部可不能忘本。
• It reflects some history of a nation or a country and the origin of culture to some extent.
  它反映了一个民族或一个国家和文化的起源在一定程度上的历史。
• Thomas has not forgotten his humble origins.
  托马斯没有忘记自己卑微的出身。