source

source /sɔ:s/
  • danh từ
    • nguồn sông, nguồi suối
    • nguồn, nguồn gốc
      • reliable source of information: nguồn tin tức đáng tin cậy
    • idleness is the source of all evil
      • nhàn cư vi bất tiện

[sɔ:s]

o   nguồn năng lượng

o   nguồn, nguồn sông

§   source of energy : nguồn năng lượng

§   source of sediments : nguồn trầm tích

§   source operator crew : đội tạo nguồn

§   source productivity index : chỉ số sản lượng

§   source rock : đá mẹ

§   source-bed : lớp đá mẹ, lớp đá gốc

§   sour-service trim : hệ hợp lưu huỳnh

Xem thêm: beginning, origin, root, rootage, informant, reference, seed, germ, generator, author, reservoir



source

Từ điển Collocation

source noun

1 where you get sth from

ADJ. excellent, fertile, good, lucrative, reliable, rich, valuable a fertile source of ideas a lucrative source of income a rich source of vitamins | important, main, major, principal | cheap a cheap source of labour | external, foreign Do you have any foreign sources of income? | independent an independent source of funding | additional | alternative We need to look for alternative sources of energy. | natural | renewable The village obtains all its energy from renewable sources. | energy, food, heat, light, power, water

VERB + SOURCE be, constitute, prove, provide The census constitutes the principal source of official statistics. These crustaceans provide a valuable food source for some fish. | exploit, tap, use (as) The government hopes to tap new sources of employment in the area of health. | locate We tried to locate the source of the sound.

PREP. at ~ Under the PAYE system, employees' income is taxed at source (= by the employer). | ~ of a reliable source of advice

PHRASES a variety of sources The research was funded from a wide variety of sources.

2 person, book, etc. that gives information

ADJ. invaluable, useful, valuable | authoritative, informed, reliable, reputable | unreliable | original | independent | anonymous | primary, secondary | published | biographical, documentary, historical, literary, written | diplomatic, government, intelligence, military, official, police Intelligence sources report a build-up of troops just inside the border. | data, information

VERB + SOURCE use (as) | cite, quote Researchers try to quote primary sources wherever possible. | disclose, name, reveal The police refused to reveal the source of their information.

SOURCE + VERB claim sth, describe sth, disclose sth, indicate sth, report sth, reveal sth, say sth, suggest sth Government sources indicated that a compromise might be reached. One source said: ‘Our blood is up. We are angry at the way we have been treated.’ | deny sth

SOURCE + NOUN material

PREP. according to ~s According to informed sources, a takeover bid is planned for next month. | ~ of

PHRASES sources close to sb Sources close to the player claim he won't be entering this year's championship.

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • the place where something begins, where it springs into being; beginning, origin, root, rootage

    the Italian beginning of the Renaissance

    Jupiter was the origin of the radiation

    Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River

    communism's Russian root

  • a person who supplies information; informant
  • a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to; reference

    he carried an armful of references back to his desk

    he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation

  • 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; seed, germ
  • someone who originates or causes or initiates something; generator, author

    he was the generator of several complaints

  • (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; reservoir

    an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival

    v.

  • get (a product) from another country or business

    She sourced a supply of carpet

    They are sourcing from smaller companies

  • specify the origin of

    The writer carefully sourced her report

Microsoft Computer Dictionary

n. 1. In information processing, a disk, file, document, or other collection of information from which data is taken or moved. Compare destination. 2. In a FET, the electrode toward which charge carriers (electrons or holes) move from the source under control of the gate. See also CMOS (definition 1), drain (definition 1), FET, gate (definition 2), MOSFET, NMOS, PMOS.

Oil and Gas Field Glossary

The origin of radiation such as an x-ray tube or radioisotope.

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

sources
syn.: beginning derivation origin root