源yuán ❶ （水流起头的地方） source (of a river); fountainhead: 饮水思 ～ when drinking water think of its source; remember where one's happiness comes from; 木有本， 水有 ～。 Every tree has its roots and every river has its source.
❷ （来源） source; cause: 病 ～ cause of a disease; 财 ～ source of income; 货 ～ source [supply] of goods
❸ （姓氏） a surname: ～ 乾曜 Yuan Qianyao
◆源编[代]码 source code; 源程序 source program; source routine; subject program; 源地址 source address; 源极 source electrode; source; 源流 filiation; source and course; origin and development; 源泉 fountain; wellhead; mine; source; fountainhead; 源头 headstream; head; fountainhead; source; 源语言 source language; original language; 源源 in a steady stream; continuously; 源源本本 from beginning to end; 源源不绝 flow like water; an uninterrupted flow of; continuously; flow in an endless stream; come (forth) endlessly; uninterrupted supply; 源远流长 The source is distant and the stream long.; a distant origin and a long development |