repository
noun /rɪˈpɒzətri/
/rɪˈpɑːzətɔːri/
(plural repositories)
(formal)- a place where something is stored in large quantities
仓库；贮藏室；存放处 - a person or book that is full of information
学识渊博的人；智囊；知识宝典 - My father is a repository of family history.
我的父亲对家族史无所不知。 - The foundation is the largest repository of the artist’s work.
该基金会藏有最多这位艺术家的作品。 - The site is near an underground repository for radioactive waste.
该场地靠近一个放射性废物的地下仓库。
- My father is a repository of family history.
词源late 15th cent.: from Old French repositoire or Latin repositorium, from reposit- ‘placed back’, from the verb reponere ‘replace’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + ponere ‘to place’.