origin

复数：origins

1. 起点,来源 starting-point; source
2. [P]出身,来历 person's parentage, background, etc.

• determine〔explain, enquire into〕 the origin确定〔解释,探索〕起源

• humble〔low〕 origins卑微〔低贱〕的出身
• the same〔common〕 origin相同的起源

• the origin of…的起源

country of origin原产地；原产国

certificate of origin[商]原产地证书

place of origin原产地；起运地点

origin of life生命的起源；生命起源

point of origin原点，起始点；起火点

plant origin植物来源

ethnic origin种族本源

animal origin动物来源

fever of unknown origin无明显病因的发烧

marine origin海成；海相成因

data origin数据源

humble origin卑微的出身

noise origin噪声源

1. The social unrest has its origins in economic problems.
   社会动荡是经济问题引起的。
2. This is the true story of the weeds: the origin of the species.
   这是一个关于野草的真实故事:关于他们的物种起源。
3. He is a Dane by origin.
   他原籍丹麦。
4. The family had its origin in Canada.
   这家祖上是加拿大人。