| 单词 | rostrum |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['rɔstrəm] |
| 解释 | n.讲台，讲坛 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 讲台，讲坛(a raised place for a public speaker) 【考】 rostrum : orator / bench : judge(演讲者在讲台上/法 官在法官席上) |
| 字源 | rostrum (n.) 1540s, from Latin rostrum, name of the platform stand for public speakers in the Forum in ancient Rome. It was decorated with the beaks of ships taken in the first naval victory of the Roman republic, over Antium, in 338 B.C.E., and the word's older sense is "end of a ship's prow," literally "beak, muzzle, snout," originally "means of gnawing," instrument noun form of rodere "to gnaw" (see rodent). Compare claustrum "lock, bar," from claudere "to shut." Extended sense of any platform for public speaking is first recorded 1766. Classical plural form is rostra. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 讲台, 讲坛 【记】在rostrum上, 用roster来roll call. 【类】rostrum: orator = bench: judge演讲者在讲台上 = 法官在法官席上 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】源自rostr- 喙形，鸟嘴状，原指古代战舰船头上突出的金属铁嘴，古罗马的讲坛上常装饰有捕获的敌舰船头铁嘴；rose (raised) room 提高起来的房间，比如足球比赛在球场的演播间就是在看台高处的讲台，解说员在里面；看成forum； 【相关】strum(看成String琴弦 drum击鼓，用打鼓的方式弹琴) 乱弹, 乱奏, nostrum 秘方， |
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