late 15c., "vessel, etc., for storage," Middle French repositoire or directly from Late Latin repositorium "store," in classical Latin, "a stand on which food is placed," from noun use of repositus, past participle of reponere "put away, store" (see repose (v.2)). Figurative use is recorded from 1640s.
中文解释
1. re- "back, away" + posit- + -ory.2. 字面含义：put back, place back, put away, store. => vessel, etc., for storage.3. repose (v.2) <=> repository.4. repose (v.2): 也就是把信任、希望等抽象的东西存储、储藏在某人身上。这就是为什么它后面跟的介词都是“in”，因为存储基本上都是存储在什么什么里面。
实用例句
1. My father is a repository of family history.
我的父亲对家族史无所不知。
来自《权威词典》
2. The lost manuscript was found in a repository in France.
丢失的手稿在法国的一个存放处被找到了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The man is a repository of out - of - the - way knowledge.
这人有满腹 稀奇古怪 的知识.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
4. She was a repository of all his secrets.
她是他完全信赖的人.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
5. The repository of all important knowledge in a small town was the chief barman of the local pub.