| 单词 | rostrum |
| 释义 | rostrum /ros"treuhm/, n. , pl. rostra /-treuh/, rostrums. 1. any platform, stage, or the like, for public speaking. 2. a pulpit. 3. a beaklike projection from the prow of a ship, esp. one on an ancient warship for ramming an enemy ship; beak; ram. 4. Rom. Antiq. (in the forum) the raised platform, adorned with the beaks of captured warships, from which orations, pleadings, etc., were delivered. 5. Biol. a beaklike process or extension of some part; rostellum. 6. Brit. Theat. a raised platform or dais, esp. one with hinged sides that can be folded and stored within a relatively small space. [1570-80; < L rostrum snout, bill, beak of a bird, ship's prow (in pl., speaker's platform), equiv. to rod(ere) to gnaw, bite (cf. RODENT) + -trum instrumental suffix, with dt > st] Syn. 1. stand, dais, podium, lectern. |
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