ROSTRUM, n. In Latin, the beak of a bird or the prow of a ship. In America, a place from which a candidate for office energetically expounds the wisdom, virtue and power of the rabble.
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rostrum
['r?str?m]
n. 講壇,演講臺;
?? trum 后綴;表”結(jié)果,行為”
"He warmly shook hands with those gathered around the rostrum."
他同聚集在主席臺四周的人熱情握手.
近義:stage, stand, tribune, pulpit, beak, ram
n. 報(bào)考者;申請求職者;攻讀學(xué)位者;最后命運(yùn)或結(jié)局如何已顯然可見者;
?? cand白,古代候選人穿白袍+id...的+ate人或地位 →候選人
"Who is the best candidate in your estimation ?"
你認(rèn)為誰是最合適的人選?
近義:applicant, aspirant, aspirer, nominee, participant, petitioner
n. 辦公室;辦公樓;問詢處;重要官職;
?? fac, fect, fic, fig, fea =make,do,表示”做,制作”
"The office was light and airy."
辦公室又明亮又通風(fēng)。
近義:organisation, organization, bureau, department, agency, entity
n. 智慧,明智;常識,好的判斷力;知識,學(xué)問;古訓(xùn);
?? wis=wise智慧的+dom狀態(tài)或領(lǐng)域 →智慧
"The received wisdom is that they cannot win."
大家一致認(rèn)為他們不會(huì)贏。
近義:prudence, sageness, sanity, sensibleness, carefulness, discretion
反義:nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
n. 拉丁文;拉丁語,拉丁文學(xué);拉丁美洲人;拉丁姆人;
adj. 拉丁的,拉丁語的;古羅馬的;拉丁姆的;拉丁美洲的;
?? 拉丁”的(諧音)
"Creolized forms of Latin were spoken in various parts of Europe."
當(dāng)時(shí)歐洲各地區(qū)都講克里奧爾語形式的拉丁語。
近義:romance, romanic
n. (猛禽等的)嘴,喙;鷹鉤鼻;地方執(zhí)法官;
"The gull held the fish in its beak."
海鷗嘴里叼著魚。
近義:bill, beakhead, acrostolium, arbitrator, judge, justice