rostrum
rostrum
[ˈrɒstrəm]
(pl. rostra -trə 或 rostrums)
rostrate
[-strət]
adjective
[ˈrɒstrəm]
(pl. rostra -trə 或 rostrums)
- a raised platform on which a person stands to make a public speech, receive an award or medal, play music, or conduct an orchestra
演讲台，讲坛；台
■a similar platform for supporting a film or television camera
（摄影机、摄像机的）支架 - (chiefly Zoology)a beak-like projection, especially a stiff snout or anterior prolongation of the head in an insect, crustacean, or cetacean
(主动)喙；吻部，喙部；（昆虫的）吻突，喙突；（甲壳类动物的）额尖，吻板
rostrate
[-strət]
adjective
- （限义项 2）
- mid 16th cent.: from Latin, literally beak' (from rodere 'gnaw'). The word was originally used (at first in the plural rostra) to denote part of the Forum in Rome, which was decorated with the beaks of captured galleys, and was used as a platform for public speakers
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