adj (1)原先(始)的，最初(早)的(existing at the beginning;first)[作(attrib][无comp]：～sin(天主教)原罪;the～idea/map/inhabitants/plan/meaning 原始想法/原始地图/原先的居民/最初的计划/原意;〖同〗first，initial，primary，primal;〖反〗last，latest，final;

(2)新创(型)的，首创的;独创性的;有创造力的(new， fresh or not thought of before;creative)[通常apprec]：an～thinker/writer/painter/composer/mind 有创见的思想家/有创见的作家/有创见的画家/有创见的作曲家/有创造力的头脑;Their designs are highly～.他们的设计独树一帜。〖同〗creative，inventive，fresh，novel;〖反〗unoriginal，common，usual，ordinary;

(3)创(原)作的，非抄袭(模仿)的(not copied)[无comp]：the～manuscript 原稿;The～painting is in the museum，but there are hundreds of copies.这幅绘画的原作在博物馆里，但复制品很多。

n(1)原作(稿、型、物)(model that has been copied，translated etc)[C，the～]：The copy was there and the～was lost.复制品在那儿，原作已丢失。The eohippus is the～of the horse.始祖马是马的远祖。〖反〗copy，reproduction;

(2)原文(language in which sth was first written)[C，the～]：read Marx's works in the～读马克思的原著;

←′origin n起源;

→origi′nality n独创性;新颖(奇);′originally adv.原来;当初;or′iginate v发源;引起