pew

英 [pju?] 美[pju]

近義詞bench

暢通詞匯低頻詞

復數:?pews;

pew 教堂長椅

來自古法語puie,陽臺，講臺，來自拉丁語podia,陽臺，戲院樓廳，詞源同foot,podium.后用于指教堂祈禱臺，祈禱者座處，即教堂長椅。

pew: pew: [14] Historically, pew and podium are the same word. Both go back ultimately to Greek pódion ‘small foot, base’, a diminutive form of poús ‘foot’ (a distant relative of English foot). This passed into Latin as podium ‘raised place, balcony’, acquired directly by English as podium [18]. Its plural podia passed into English via Old French puie ‘raised seat, balcony’ as pew.

This was originally used for a sort of raised enclosure in a church, court, etc. rather like a pulpit or dock; then for an enclosure in a church set aside for particular people to sit in (now known as a box pew); and finally (in the 17th century) for a church bench.
=> foot, pedal, podium
pew (n.): late 14c., "raised, enclosed seat for certain worshippers" (ladies, important men, etc.), from Old French puie, puy "balcony, elevation," from Latin podia, plural of podium "elevated place," also "balcony in a Roman theater" (see podium). Meaning "fixed bench with a back, for a number of worshippers" is attested from 1630s.

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5. Only,'he added,'I'm glad I trod on Master Pew's corns;': 不過, ” 他說,接著又補充說, “ 我的馬踩倒了皮武先生,我還是感到很高興. ”