fountain學測 L3KK [ˈfaʊntən] ｜ /ˈfaʊntən/
噴泉；噴水池·飲水機；飲水台·泉水；天然湧泉
校園飲水台到公園噴泉都是這個字
Children love to throw coins into the fountain and make a wish.
小朋友喜歡把硬幣丟進噴泉許願。
一個畫面：水向上湧出
噴泉造景石雕噴口將水柱射向空中
飲水台湧泉按下開關，水從噴嘴冒起供人飲用
岩縫湧泉地下水從岩石縫隙自然冒出
義項
公園噴泉B1noun噴泉；噴水池
The tall fountain in the park sends water high into the sky.
公園裡高聳的噴泉將水噴向天空。
a tall fountaina fountain in the park
校園飲水機B2noun飲水機；飲水台
There is a fountain in the school hall where students can drink water.
學校大廳有一座飲水機，供學生喝水。
a water fountaindrink from the fountain
岩縫湧泉B1noun泉水；天然湧泉
The hikers drank from a small fountain of clear water flowing out of the rocks.
登山客就著岩石間流出的清澈泉水喝。
a fountain of watera natural fountain
片語
water fountain轉鈕飲水 →供人飲用的飲水機
fountain pen墨水鋼筆 →用墨水書寫的鋼筆
fountain of youth青春泉源 →傳說中能返老還童的泉水
chocolate fountain巧克力噴泉 →派對常見的巧克力噴泉
你會不會這樣說？
'The hikers drank from a small fountain of clear water flowing out of the rocks.' 這裡的 fountain 最接近哪個意思？(A) 噴泉裝置 (B) 飲水機 (C) 天然泉水
看答案
(C)
此句描述登山客在岩石間喝泉水，對應「天然泉水」義項。
The library has a water ___ where you can get a drink. (fountain / mountain)
看答案
fountain
fountain 指供水裝置，mountain 指山，字尾相同易看錯。
順路看看
spring — 泉水的另一種說法，也指彈簧多益練習
本區為多益情境練習，與上方釋義獨立編寫
情境例句
辦公大樓設施維護
The maintenance team cleaned the fountain in the office courtyard.
維修團隊清洗了辦公大樓中庭的噴水池。
新人辦公環境導覽
During orientation, the receptionist showed new employees the drinking fountain near the meeting rooms.
新人報到導覽時，接待人員向新進員工介紹了會議室附近的飲水台。
詞族
fountain noun (singular) 噴泉；飲水台・fountains noun (plural) 多座噴泉或飲水台
四選一
The hotel courtyard has two decorative ____ that spray water into a shallow pool.
看答案
fountains
two 後須接複數名詞 fountains，並由 that 子句描述噴水功能。fountain 是單數；fountain's 與 fountains' 是所有格，此處沒有被修飾或可省略的所屬名詞，因此均不適用。
同義改寫
The maintenance team switched off the courtyard fountain before cleaning it. → The maintenance team turned off the courtyard fountain before cleaning it.
switched off 與 turned off 在此都表示清洗前關閉中庭噴泉，動作及先後順序相同。
Staff can get a drink of water from the water fountain beside the elevators. → Staff can get a drink of water from the drinking fountain beside the elevators.
喝水的上下文已限定 water fountain 是飲水台，因此可換成更明確的 drinking fountain。