pulpit

pulpit
noun
  1. a raised enclosed platform in a church or chapel from which the preacher delivers a sermon
    (教堂的)讲坛,布道坛
    ■(the pulpit)religious teaching as expressed in sermons; preachers collectively
    [总称]布道;传教士,牧师
    the movies could rival the pulpit as an agency moulding the ideas of the mass public.
    作为一种塑造大众思想的手段,电影可与布道抗衡。
    ■a raised platform in the bows of a fishing boat or whaler
    (渔船或捕鲸船船首的)凸起平台
    ■a guard rail enclosing a small area at the bow of a yacht
    (快艇艇首的)护栏,安全栏
语源
  1. Middle English: from Latin pulpitum 'scaffold, platform', in medieval Latin 'pulpit'
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