释义 |
Noun: source sors- The place where something begins, where it springs into being
"Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River" - beginning, origin, root, rootage - A document (or organization) from which information is obtained
"the reporter had two sources for the story" - Anything that provides inspiration for later work
- seed, germ - A facility where something is available
- A person who supplies information
- informant - Someone who originates or causes or initiates something
- generator, author - (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
"a heat source"; "a source of carbon dioxide" - Anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
- reservoir - A publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
"he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation" - reference Verb: source sors- Get (a product) from another country or business
"She sourced a supply of carpet"; "They are sourcing from smaller companies" - Specify the origin of
"The writer carefully sourced her report"
Sounds like: sauce Derived forms: sourcing, sourced, sources Type of: action, activity, communicator, document, facility, inspiration, installation, maker, natural action, natural process, obtain, papers, point, publication, shaper, thing, written document Antonym: sink Encyclopedia: Source |