fount
noun /faʊnt/
/faʊnt/
(literary or humorous)- fount (of something) the place where something important comes from
synonym source(重要事物的)来源,根源,源泉 - She treats him as if he were the fount of all knowledge.
她把他当成无所不晓。 - I would hardly regard him as a fount/source of all wisdom.
我几乎不认为他是所有智慧的源泉。
词源late 16th cent.: back-formation from fountain, on the pattern of the pair mountain, mount. - She treats him as if he were the fount of all knowledge.