a.

1. 最初的，本来的；原始的[Z][B]
   The original price of the car was a bit too high.

   这辆汽车的原价太高了一点。

2. 有独创性的；新颖的；奇特的
   He is an original dramatist.

   他是个有独创性的剧作家。

3. 原作的；原本的[B]
   This is an original painting by Picasso.

   这是一幅毕加索的原作。

n.

1. 原物；原著；原画；原版[C]
   The original of this picture was nowhere to be found.

   这幅画的原作已无处寻觅。

2. 原著的语言；原文[the S]
   He can read Shakespeare in the original.

   他能读莎士比亚作品的原版本。

3. 原型
4. 有独创性的人[C]
5. 怪人[C]

adj.

1. existing from the beginning; first or earliest.
2. created personally by a particular artist, writer, etc.; not a copy.
3. inventive or novel.

n.

1. the earliest form of something, from which copies can be made.
   ▸ (the original) the language in which something was first written.
2. an eccentric or unusual person.