Word · Frequency #22123
founts
字体；一副铅字
founts is the plural of fount.
a particular size and style of letters and symbols used in printing or on a computer screen; a font
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That from which something proceeds; an origin, a source.
事物发源之处；起源,来源
喷泉式饮水器；直饮水龙头；事物发源之处；起源,来源；泉；源泉；墨水缸
In use
The heading of the poster is set in a bold, modern fount.
The book's body text uses a smaller fount than its chapter titles.
Can you change the whole document to a more readable fount?
a fount of sth
fount 作“源泉”讲时，常用于 a fount of + 抽象名词这一比喻结构。
The old professor is a fount of knowledge.
这位老教授是知识的源泉。
a [size/style] fount
此义的 fount 是英式拼法，与 font 同义，指同一字型和大小的整套铅字。
This document is set in a 10-point fount.
这份文件是用 10 磅的字体排印的。
a drinking fount
fount 也可作为 drinking fountain 的缩略形式，指提供直饮水的公共设备。
The school installed a new drinking fount in the hallway.
学校在走廊里新装了一个直饮水龙头。
Common mistakes
There is a beautiful fount in the middle of the square.There is a beautiful fountain in the middle of the square.
fount 虽然可译为“泉”，但通常指抽象的“源泉”或“饮水器”，不指公园里观赏性的喷泉；表达观赏喷泉应该用 fountain。
The police are trying to find the fount of the rumor.The police are trying to find the source of the rumor.
fount 常与 knowledge、wisdom、inspiration 等表示积极意义的词搭配，指“丰富的源泉”；表示问题、谣言等中性或消极事物的来源时，应用更通用的 source。
Connections
Collocations
- fount of knowledge
- 知识宝库；知识源泉
- She is a fount of knowledge about local history.她是当地历史知识的一座宝库。
- fount of inspiration
- 灵感源泉
- The ocean has always been a fount of inspiration for poets.大海一直是诗人灵感的源泉。
- fount of type
- 同字号同字体的一整套铅字
- The printing shop keeps a separate fount of type for each size.印刷店为每种字号各准备了一整套铅字。
- water fount
- 直饮水龙头；饮水器
- The children lined up at the water fount after recess.课间休息后，孩子们在饮水器前排起了队。
Idioms & figurative uses
- a fount of knowledge
- 知识的宝库；学识渊博的人My grandfather is a fount of knowledge about local history.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
fount 联想 fountain（喷泉）：泉水有源头，故有“源泉”义；又作 font 的变体，可记“一副铅字”。记忆靠图像，非词源。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：印刷排版、公共饮水设施 fount 有两个主要义项：作“字体/一副铅字”解时是 font 的异体拼写，多用于印刷、排版；作“喷泉式饮水器/直饮水龙头”解时多用于描述公共饮水设施。日常英语中更常说 font 和 drinking fountain，单独用 fount 比较少见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 fount /faʊnt/ 押韵：count /kaʊnt/、mount /maʊnt/、amount /əˈmaʊnt/。fountain /ˈfaʊntɪn/ 是同源词，但多一个音节。注意 font /fɒnt/（美式 /fɑːnt/）和 front /frʌnt/ 拼写相似却与 fount 的元音不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.