provenance
noun[SorU]
formaluk/ˈprɒv.ən.əns/us/ˈprɑː.vən.əns/theplaceoforiginof something:
起源;出处jewelsofuncertainprovenance来历不明的珠宝
Thisraiseddoubtsabout the provenance of thepainting.这引起了人们对这幅画的来历的怀疑。
I don't need toseealabeltoidentifythe provenance of agarmentthat someone iswearing.我不用看商标就能认出别人穿的衣服是哪里制造的。
Compare
birthplace
origin
cradlenoun
Origins and sources
- bases
- be a recipe for disaster, trouble, success, etc.idiom
- beginning
- birth
- birthplace
- born
- breeding ground
- emanate from/throughsomething/someone
- fount
- fountainhead
- gateway drug
- genesis
- hail
- originate
- paternity
- recipe
- root
- seed
- son
- source