来源, 水源, 消息来源, 原始资料, 发起者1. the place where something begins, where it springs into being
同义词：beginning, origin, root, rootage
2. a person who supplies information
同义词：informant
3. a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
同义词：reference
4. a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
5. a facility where something is available
6. anything that provides inspiration for later work
同义词：seed, germ
7. someone who originates or causes or initiates something
同义词：generator, author
8. (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
9. anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
同义词：reservoir
动词source:
1. get (a product) from another country or business
2. specify the origin of
- 习惯用语
- draw [have] from a good source 由可靠方面得到
- take its source at 发源于, 出自, 起于
- trace to its source 追本溯源
