柯林斯詞典derivation /?d?r??ve???n/ (derivations) 1. N-VAR The derivation of something, especially a word, is its origin or source. 根源(尤指詞根)[oft N 'of' n, 'of' adj N] The derivation of its name is obscure. 它名字的根源起源鮮爲(wèi)人知。 返回 derivation劍橋詞典the origin of something, such as a word, from which another form has developed , or the new form itself 起源，出処；衍生物，派生物 返回 derivation