| 单词 | original |
| 释义 | original (once / 50 pages) adjn When you buy a car from its original owner, you know it's only been owned by one person. Original means "the very first." Original comes from the Latin word originem, which means "beginning or birth." Whether you're using it as an adjective to describe something that is literally the very first, or as a noun meaning something that serves as a model for making copies, original means "first." Even when you describe an original idea, meaning "something fresh or unusual," you're talking about the first idea of its kind. WORD FAMILYoriginal: originalism, originality, originally, originals, unoriginal+/originality: originalities/unoriginal: unoriginality, unoriginally USAGE EXAMPLESAnd some of which are almost identical to the originals but lack the comfort and quality. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Otherwise, the airline systems will automatically book the passenger on the next available flight on the original route. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) But its roots remain in New York, where its East Harlem branch, Youth Action/YouthBuild, is still in its original storefront. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed the original inhabitants of the Americas the book still has its original binding restored the house to its original condition the original performance of the opera the original cast retracted his original statement Syn first preceding all others in time or space or degree 2adj being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of a truly original approach with original music an original mind Syn|Ant unconventional not conforming to accepted rules or standards creative, originativehaving the ability or power to create firstpreceding all others in time or space or degree avant-garde, daringradically new or original freehand, freehandeddone by hand without mechanical aids or devices fresh, new, noveloriginal and of a kind not seen before germinal, originative, seminalcontaining seeds of later development groundbreaking, innovational, innovativebeing or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before new, newfangled(of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new underivativenot derivative or imitative primaryof first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary unoriginal not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual conventionalfollowing accepted customs and proprieties uncreativenot creative stalelacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-wornrepeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse bromidic, corny, platitudinal, platitudinousdull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality cliched, ready-maderepeated regularly without thought or originality cold, dusty, moth-eaten, stalelacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new slavishblindly imitative secondarybeing of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate 3adj not derived or copied or translated from something else the play is original he kept the original copy and gave her only a xerox the translation misses much of the subtlety of the original French Syn underived not derived; primary or simple 4adj (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources Syn primary of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary 5n an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made Syn|Hyper master, master copy creation an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone 6n something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies this painting is a copy of the original Syn|Hyper archetype, pilot example, model a representative form or pattern |
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