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n.source; fountain; fountainhead; well-spring
他们发现了水的源泉。
They discovered the source of water.
河有源泉,水才深。
A river runs deep because of its source.
他们出发去找那条河的源泉。
They set off to find the source of that water.
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n.metasource (of force, knowledge, feeling, etc.)
不良的婚姻是厄运的源泉。
An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune.
地球与太阳是生命的两大源泉。
The earth and the sun are two great sources of life.
她的女儿是她无限快乐的源泉。
Her daughter was a continual source of delight to her.
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