origin

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɒɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn/|/ˈɒɹ.ə.d͡ʒən/    美 /ˈoɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn/|/ˈoɹ.ə.d͡ʒɪn/|[ˈoɹ.d͡ʒɪn]|/ˈɔɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The beginning of something.
    — place of origin
  2. The source of a river, information, goods, etc.
    — It is clear that the origin of the truth would be an admirable criterion of this sort, if only the various origins could be discriminated from one another from this point of view, and the history of dogmatic opinion shows that origin has always been a favorite test. Origin in immediate intuition; origin in pontifical authority; origin in supernatural revelation, as by vision, hearing, or unaccountable impression; origin in direct possession by a higher spirit, expressing itself in prophecy and warning; origin in automatic utterance generally,—these origins have been stock warrants for the truth of one opinion after another which we find represented in religious history.
  3. The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect.
  4. The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle.
  5. An arbitrary point on Earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates.
  6. Ancestry. in-plural

词形变化

origins plural

词汇关系

反义词
end destination insertion
衍生词
cross-origin interorigin originable original originate origination originator originless origin myth origin of coordinates origin story preorigin same-origin policy time of origin
相关词
orient provenance

词源

From Middle English origine, origyne, from Old French origine, orine, ourine, from Latin orīgō (“beginning, source, birth, origin”), from orior (“to rise”); see orient. Doublet of origo.
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