n.
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
"Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"
同义词：beginningoriginrootrootage
a person who supplies information
同义词：informant
a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
"he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"
同义词：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
同义词：seedgerm
someone who originates or causes or initiates something
同义词：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
同义词：reservoir
