单词 | original |
释义 | adjective | noun originaloriginal1 /əˈrɪdʒənl/ ●●● S2 W2 adjective 1[only before noun] existing or happening first, before being changed or replaced by something or someone else: The original plan was to fly out to New York, not drive.original owner/member etc. Barnes was one of the three original board members.2new and different from anything that has been thought of before, especially in an interesting way: She has a lot of original ideas. His books are always funny and highly original (=very original).► see thesaurus at new3an original writer, thinker, etc. writes stories, thinks of ideas, etc. that are new, interesting, and different from anything else: one of the most original political thinkers in America4[only before noun] an original work of art is one that was made by the artist and is not a copy: an original screenplay adjective | noun originaloriginal2 ●●○ noun 1[countable] a painting, document, etc. that is not a copy, but is the one that was produced first: I’ll keep the copies and give you the originals. Are you sure the painting is an original?2in the original in the language that a book, play, etc. was first written in, before it was translated: Tim has read Homer in the original.3[countable usually singular] informal an unusual person who thinks or behaves very differently from other people: Jack is a true original. |
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