lectern
美音:
[´lektən
]英音:
[´lektən
]n.(教堂中的)诵经台
难易程度:
lectern为短语/超纲词汇
词根
lect,leg=to choose(选择),to gather(集合),to read(读)
lectern
/'lektən; `lɛktɚn/
n high sloping desk made to hold a lecturer's notes, a Bible in church, etc (台面倾斜供放讲稿的)讲台; (教堂中的)读经台. =>illus at App
1 见附录1插图, page viii.
lectern
n[C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: letrun, from Medieval Latin lectorinum, from Latin lector 'reader']
an object with a sloping surface that you put an open book or notes on while you are speaking to people in public