wellhead
wellhead — 名詞
1. the place where water first comes out of the ground and starts to form a spring,
水源；泉源
泉水、溪流或水井開始湧出水的地方
the place where water first comes out of the ground and starts to form a spring, a stream, or a supply for a well.
Sari followed the narrow stream uphill until she found the wellhead among the rocks.
Sari 沿著狹窄的溪流往上走，直到在岩石間找到水源。
follow a stream up to its wellhead
The villagers protect the wellhead of their spring so that animals cannot muddy the water.
村民保護他們那處泉水的水源，免得動物把水攪渾。
protect + the wellhead of + [spring]
Cold, clear water bubbled out of the ground at the wellhead of the mountain stream.
冰涼清澈的水從山溪的水源處冒出地面。
Élise's grandfather showed the children where the village spring has its wellhead.
Élise 的祖父向孩子們指出村裡那口泉的泉源在哪裡。
Hikers should not leave rubbish near the wellhead, because it can pollute the whole stream.
健行者不該把垃圾留在水源附近，因為這會汙染整條溪流。
2. the main place from which something important, such as learning, ideas, or a sty
根源；發源地
某種事物最初產生並向外擴散的根本來源
the main place from which something important, such as learning, ideas, or a style, begins and then spreads to many people.
Many people think of the old library as the wellhead of learning in the valley.
許多人把那座老圖書館視為山谷裡求學風氣的發源地。
think of X as the wellhead of [activity]
From the wellhead of a single idea, Eshe's small club grew into a national group.
Eshe 的小社團從一個想法的根源出發，發展成全國性的團體。
This workshop in Seoul became the wellhead of a whole new style of furniture.
這間首爾的工作室成了一整種新家具風格的發源地。
Sumin's essay asks which writer was the wellhead of modern poetry in Korea.
Sumin 的文章探討哪位作家是韓國現代詩的根源。
Teachers hoped the new school would be a wellhead of kindness for the whole neighbourhood.
老師們希望這所新學校能成為整個社區善意的根源。
用法筆記
Figurative extension of sense 1: the wellhead is an idea, person, or place rather than a real spring, unlike senses 1 and 3.
3. the upper end of a well, or the cover or small building placed above it, where p
井口
水井上方的開口、護蓋或小屋
the upper end of a well, or the cover or small building placed above it, where people reach the water.
A rusty iron pump stood beside the wellhead in the middle of the farmyard.
一台生鏽的鐵製抽水機立在農場中央的井口旁。
physical wellhead: a pump or lid beside the well
Mira lifted the wooden lid off the wellhead and dropped in a stone.
Mira 把木蓋從井口掀開，丟了一顆石頭進去。
Tourists took photos of the stone wellhead, which had stood in the square for centuries.
遊客們拍下那座石造井口，它已在廣場上矗立了好幾百年。
The workers painted the wellhead bright red so nobody would trip over it at night.
工人把井口漆成鮮紅色，這樣晚上就沒人會被絆倒。
After the storm, Joon repaired the cracked wellhead before the family used the water again.
暴風雨過後，Joon 先修好裂開的井口，全家才又用那口井的水。
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: here the word names the physical top or structure of a well, not the place where the water begins.