mid 16th cent.: from Latin, literally beak (from roderegnaw). The word was originally used (at first in the plural rostra) to denote part of the Forum in Rome, which was decorated with the beaks of captured galleys, and was used as a platform for public speakers
英英釋義行業釋義網絡釋義
noun
1.a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
2.beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils
動物學
1.頂鞘
2. 額劍
3. 吻板
醫學
1.〔復rostrums或rostra〕嘴,喙:嘴,喙樣附器
2.嘴、喙結構的NA通稱
植物學
1.喙,又稱:喙(beak )
生物學
1.腹鞘
2. 吻部
-rostrum
1 . 講壇
roster n.值勤表,花名冊rostrumn. 講壇,演講壇rouse v. 激起,煽動 ,喚起,喚醒
we said this from the rostrum of Parliament but the other parties did not have the courage even to act against those elements from the panchayat system that the Malik commission had identified as criminals .我們在議會的講壇上指出了這些,但其它政黨們甚至沒有勇氣去反對被馬利克委員會認定為犯罪分子的無黨派
+this rostrum
1 . 這個講臺上
as I stand on this rostrum , the great moments of Jewish history come to mind as I face you , once again and the would-be victim of hate , ignorance and evil .現在,當我站在這個講臺上,面對你們,仇恨、無知、罪惡未來可能的犧牲品,猶太歷史上那些偉大的時刻又浮現在我的心頭。
+on rostrum
1 . 在主席臺上
interview is held in a cell , official ofofexamination sits high on rostrum , drinking water slowly .面試在一個單間里舉行,主考官高坐在主席臺上,慢悠悠地喝著水。