n.

the place where something begins, where it springs into being

"Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"

同義詞：beginningoriginrootrootage

a person who supplies information

同義詞：informant

a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to

"he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"

同義詞：reference

a document (or organization) from which information is obtained

"the reporter had two sources for the story"

a facility where something is available

anything that provides inspiration for later work

同義詞：seedgerm

someone who originates or causes or initiates something

同義詞：generatorauthor

(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

同義詞：reservoir

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