0 the beginning or cause of something -- 起源，源頭；起因
Her unhappy childhood was the origin of her problems later in life. 她不幸的童年導致她後來生活中的諸多問題。
What's the origin of this saying? (= Where did it come from?) 這格言出自甚麼地方？
The story has obscure origins (= no one knows how it started). 這個故事的起源已不可考。
The president's family was of humble origins (= they were poor people without a good position in society). 總統家庭出身卑微。
1 the end of a muscle attached to the bone that does not move when the muscle is used -- 肌肉起端
This book finally explodes some of the myths about the origin of the universe.
We must contextualize the problem before we can understand its origin.
We begin our dip into local history by examining the town's origins.
If afterimages are purely retinal in origin, then percepts that depend on binocular combination should not influence the afterimage.
These new parties often had origins in the civil society which was allowed to exist during the authoritarian era.
In seven percent of the cases, the sinus nodal artery took origin from a separate orifice within the same sinus as a major coronary artery.
