| 单词 | rostrum |
| 释义 | rostrum n. (pl. rostra or rostrums) 1. a a platform for public speaking. b a conductor's platform facing the orchestra. c a similar platform for other purposes, e.g. for supporting a film or television camera. 2. Zool. & Bot. a beak, stiff snout, or beaklike part, esp. of an insect or arachnid. 3. Rom. Antiq. the beak of a war-galley. Derivatives (all in sense 2) rostrate adj. rostriferous adj. rostriform adj. Etymology: L, = beak f. rodere ros- gnaw: orig. rostra (pl., in sense 1a) in the Roman forum adorned with beaks of captured galleys |
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