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- origin ['ɑrɪʤɪn]
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1.
n
a primary source; derivation
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2.
n
the beginning of something; first stage or part
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3.
n
[often plural]
ancestry or parentage; birth; extraction
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4.
n
[anatomy]
the end of a muscle, opposite its point of insertion
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5.
n
the beginning of a nerve or blood vessel or the site where it first starts to branch out
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6.
n
[maths]
the point of intersection of coordinate axes or planes
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7.
n
the point whose coordinates are all zero - See also pole
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8.
n
[commerce]
the country from which a commodity or product originates
- shipment from origin
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9.
n
[Etymology]
C16: from French origine, from Latin or
i go beginning, birth, from ori ri to rise, spring from
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1.
n
a primary source; derivation
Examples
- a man of low origin
- 出身微贱的人 → low
- The Greyhound Bus Origin Museum is located in Hibbing Minnesota.
- 灰狗汽车公司原址博物馆座落在明尼苏达的希宾镇。
- Discrimination happens when someone is treated less fairly than someone else in a similar situation because of their race, color or ethnic origin.
- 某个人因为民族、肤色或是种族的原因，在类似环境中遭到与他人不一样的待遇时，就产生了歧视。
- The origin of this house dates back to 1750.
- 这个房子的历史得追溯到1750年。
- country of origin
- 祖国 → origin
- people of Indian origin
- 印度人 → origin
- shipment from origin → origin
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the points
( x, y) and( --x, --y) are symmetrical about the origin → symmetrical - 人类起源
- the origin of mankind; the origin of the human species → 人类
- 海洋的成因
- the origin of seas and oceans → 成因
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