Rostrum



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 讲台, 讲坛
• ［英］ n. 讲台, 讲坛 ( a raised place for a public speaker)
• ［类］ rostrum : orator / bench : judge ( 演讲者在讲台上 / 法官在法官席上)

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural rostra or rostrums)

• Etymology: Latin, beak, ship's beak, from rodere to gnaw — more at rodent
• Date: 1542
• 1. \［Latin Rostra, plural, a platform for speakers in the Roman Forum decorated with the beaks of captured ships, from plural of rostrum\］
  • a. an ancient Roman platform for public orators
  • b. a stage for public speaking
  • c. a raised platform on a stage
• 2. the curved end of a ship's prow; especially the beak of a war galley
• 3. a bodily part or process suggesting a bird's bill: as
  • a. the beak, snout, or proboscis of any of various insects or arachnids
  • b. the often spinelike anterior median prolongation of the carapace of a crustacean (as a crayfish or lobster)

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