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Pulpit Speaking Church Platform 英 Pʊlpɪt] 美 Pʊlpɪt N.讲道坛

英语单词 pulpit
英美音标 英 ['pʊlpɪt] 美 ['pʊlpɪt]
中文释义 n.讲道坛
英语例句 (1) There is a white-spindled staircase leading to the pulpit.
(2) You don't need a choir, or a pulpit or anything else you can see.
中文例句 (1) 有一个白色纺锤形的阶梯通往讲道坛。
(2) 你不需要一个唱诗班,或讲道坛或任何你能见的东西。
vocabulary简明 If you go into a church an see a minister speaking from a high platform, he's speaking from the pulpit.
vocabulary扩展 Pulpit was originally used to refer to the platform in a church that a preacher speaks from, but we often use it metaphorically for any kind of preaching, whether it's religious or not. If someone is trying to tell everyone else how to live, they're speaking from the pulpit, whether they're preaching the embrace of root vegetables or warning us that we will be attacked by aliens.
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]讲坛;布道坛 A pulpit is a small raised platform with a rail or barrier around it in a church, where a member of the clergy stands to speak.

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