a long bench with a back, placed in rows in the main part of some churches to seat the congregation 教堂长椅 ■an enclosure or compartment containing a number of seats, used in some churches to seat a particular worshipper or group of worshippers 教堂包厢 ■(the pews)the congregation of a church 礼拜会众 the pews settled down. 做礼拜的人安静下来了。 ■(Brit. informal)a seat (英,非正式)座位 ‘Take a pew. What'll you have?’. “请坐,你想要些什么?”。
语源
late Middle English (originally denoting a raised, enclosed place in a church, provided for particular worshippers): from Old French puye 'balcony', from Latin podia, plural of podium 'elevated place'