origin
n
1 [C, U] starting-point; source 起点; 开端; 来源
the origins of life on earth 地球上生命的起源
words of Latin origin 拉丁语源的词
The origins of the custom are unknown. 该风俗起源不详.
2 [C esp pl 尤作复数]
person's parentage, background, etc 血统; 背景; 出身
He never forgot his humble origins. 他从未忘记过自己出身卑微.
Audiences in the second decade of the twentieth century found it pleasant to escape to a time when life, though hard, was relatively simple.We still do;
snapvt.& vi. 猛地咬住;呵斥;折断;
vt. 拍照;用子母扣扣;[棒球]快速传(球);拍…的快照;
n. (树枝等的)突然折断;严厉的话;突然的撕咬;尤指关上或断裂的声音)啪嗒声;
vi. 啪啪作响;(目光)闪耀;(牙齿等)咯咯作响;(精神)突然崩溃;
adj. 容易的;喀嗒一声扣下的;仓促的;
adv. 噼啪作响地;啪嗒一声;猛然;