- 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。
Word Originlate 16th cent.: back-formation from fountain, on the pattern of the pair mountain, mount.