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fountain
6 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural fountains
plural fountains
Learner's definition of FOUNTAIN
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1
a : a device or structure that sends a stream of water into the air in a garden, park, etc.喷泉；喷水池
- an elaborate marble fountain精美的大理石喷泉
- The crowd gathered around the fountain in the plaza.人群聚集在广场的喷泉周围。
also : the water that rises from a fountain喷泉水 — see also drinking fountain, soda fountain
- a fountain of water喷出的水流
b : something that rises into the air like a fountain of water喷射
- a fountain of flame/sparks火焰/火星的喷射
2
: the source of something源泉；根源
- She is a fountain [=fount] of knowledge/wisdom.她是知识/智慧的源泉。
- an endless fountain of inspiration取之不竭的灵感源泉
foun·tain ˈfau̇n-tᵊn 
fountained; fountaining; fountains
: to flow or spout like a fountain
: to cause to flow like a fountain
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Noun The crowd gathered around the fountain in the plaza. an endless fountain of inspiration
Recent Examples on the Web
Maggie Haberman, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2022 On site are a 400-year-old Lebanese Cedar tree, a rose garden with a Dolphin fountain, a wild meadow orchard and nearly 19 acres of grassland. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2022 The chocolate fountain that her father would meticulously prepare for family functions. Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2022 The outside area features a fire pit, fountain, flower and herb gardens. Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2022 Among the OpenTable top 100 was Bistro Don Giovanni, an Italian mainstay north of downtown Napa on lush grounds with a fountain, garden and vineyard views. Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 July 2022 Along with Guernica, the pavilion featured another mural, by Joan Miró, and a fountain by Alexander Calder, as well as war photographs and a film program organized by the director Luis Buñuel. Hugh Eakin, The Atlantic, 12 July 2022 The project is slated to include construction of an interactive fountain/splash pad, playground, pavilion, restrooms, public green space, new walking trails and a roundabout at Westwood Drive and Zverina and Roe lanes. Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 8 Feb. 2022 Under the sweltering heat, Matthew Carr spent his lunch break in a fountain in downtown Portland, Oregon. Claire Rush, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2022 Amanda Jackson, CNN, 28 Sep. 2021 Explore Echo Park Lake’s signature lotus beds and fountain on a swan pedal boat. Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2020 Coke is also planning to halt retail-store sales of Hubert’s Lemonade, limiting the brand to fountain machines only, the spokeswoman said. Jennifer Maloney, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2020 Starting May 3, Kilauea has fountained lava and flung ash and rocks from its summit, destroying hundreds of homes, closing key highways, and prompting health warnings. Sophia Yan And Malcolm Ritter, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2018 Geologists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory say that lava is consistently fountaining from Fissure 8, reaching heights up to 180 feet, feeding the flow. Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 6 June 2018 Scientists say the lava leaking from the Kilauea volcano is fountaining up to 250 feet in the air and flowing at much higher-than-normal temperatures. Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 1 June 2018 Volcano scientists are also captivated, like much of the general public, by the sheer spectacle of the eruption: visions of red-hot lava fountaining out of cracks in the Earth and towering columns of ash shooting five miles into the sky. Author: Scott Wilson, Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 24 May 2018 The lava from these fissures can sometimes fountain high into the air, driven by pressurized gases that also escape through the fissures, but there is no plume of ash. Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 11 May 2018 See More
Noun
The club was closed; Trump was in the New York area; the FBI startled a crew fixing a large fountain, a maid who was dusting and a handful of Secret Service agents who guard the complex. Maggie Haberman, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2022 On site are a 400-year-old Lebanese Cedar tree, a rose garden with a Dolphin fountain, a wild meadow orchard and nearly 19 acres of grassland. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2022 The chocolate fountain that her father would meticulously prepare for family functions. Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2022 The outside area features a fire pit, fountain, flower and herb gardens. Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2022 Among the OpenTable top 100 was Bistro Don Giovanni, an Italian mainstay north of downtown Napa on lush grounds with a fountain, garden and vineyard views. Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 July 2022 Along with Guernica, the pavilion featured another mural, by Joan Miró, and a fountain by Alexander Calder, as well as war photographs and a film program organized by the director Luis Buñuel. Hugh Eakin, The Atlantic, 12 July 2022 The project is slated to include construction of an interactive fountain/splash pad, playground, pavilion, restrooms, public green space, new walking trails and a roundabout at Westwood Drive and Zverina and Roe lanes. Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 8 Feb. 2022 Under the sweltering heat, Matthew Carr spent his lunch break in a fountain in downtown Portland, Oregon. Claire Rush, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2022 Verb
Last year, a 6-year-old boy in Lake Jackson, Texas, died after contracting the brain-eating amoeba that was found in the water of splash fountain the boy had played in. Amanda Jackson, CNN, 28 Sep. 2021 Explore Echo Park Lake’s signature lotus beds and fountain on a swan pedal boat. Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2020 Coke is also planning to halt retail-store sales of Hubert’s Lemonade, limiting the brand to fountain machines only, the spokeswoman said. Jennifer Maloney, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2020 Starting May 3, Kilauea has fountained lava and flung ash and rocks from its summit, destroying hundreds of homes, closing key highways, and prompting health warnings. Sophia Yan And Malcolm Ritter, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2018 Geologists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory say that lava is consistently fountaining from Fissure 8, reaching heights up to 180 feet, feeding the flow. Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 6 June 2018 Scientists say the lava leaking from the Kilauea volcano is fountaining up to 250 feet in the air and flowing at much higher-than-normal temperatures. Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 1 June 2018 Volcano scientists are also captivated, like much of the general public, by the sheer spectacle of the eruption: visions of red-hot lava fountaining out of cracks in the Earth and towering columns of ash shooting five miles into the sky. Author: Scott Wilson, Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 24 May 2018 The lava from these fissures can sometimes fountain high into the air, driven by pressurized gases that also escape through the fissures, but there is no plume of ash. Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 11 May 2018 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Anglo-French funtaine, fontaine, from Late Latin fontana, from Latin, feminine of fontanus of a spring, from font-, fons
First Known Use
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1903, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
Time Traveler
The first known use of fountain was in the 14th century Phrases Containing fountain
noun
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