provenance
美音:
[´prɔvənəns
]英音:
[´prɔvənəns
]n.起源,出处
难易程度:
provenance为短语/超纲词汇
provenance
/'prɒvənəns; `prɑvənəns/
n [U] (fml 文) (place of) origin 起源; 出处
*the provenance of the word 该词的来源
* antique furniture of doubtful provenance, eg that may not be genuinely antique 出处不明的古董家具(如可能是假古董).
provenance
n[U]
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French;Origin: provenir 'to come out, originate']
formal the place where something originally came from
The provenance of the paintings is unknown.
(of) dubious/doubtful provenance
(=used to suggest that something may have been stolen)
artworks of doubtful provenance