repository

repository
[rɪˈpɒzɪt(ə)ri]
(pl. -ies)
  1. a place, building, or receptacle where things are or may be stored
    仓库，贮藏室
    a deep repository for nuclear waste.
    一个很深的核废料贮藏室。
    ■a place in which something, especially a natural resource, has accumulated or where it is found in significant quantities
    自然资源丰富的地区；物资丰富地区
    accessible repositories of water.
    可用的丰富水资源区。
    ■a person or thing regarded as a store of information or in which something abstract is held to exist or be found
    指被喻为知识宝库的人（或物）
    his mind was a rich repository of the past.
    他的大脑是存有大量历史信息的宝库。
语源
  1. late 15th cent.: from Old French repositoire or Latin repositorium, from reposit- 'placed back', from the verb reponere (see repose)
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