| 释义 |
rostrum/ˈrɒstrəm/n. (pl. rostra /-strə/ or rostrums) 1a a platform for public speaking 讲坛，演讲台 b a conductor's platform facing the orchestra 乐队指挥台 c a similar platform for other purposes, e.g. for supporting a film or television camera (其他用途的类似的)台(如摄影或摄像机台) 2 Zool. & Bot. a beak, stiff snout, or beaklike part, esp. of an insect or arachnid 【动】【植】喙，嘴；长鼻；(尤指昆虫或蛛形纲动物的)类似喙的部分，吻突 3 Rom. Antiq. the beak of a war-galley [古罗马]战船的喙形船首 □ (all in sense 2 均用于释义 2) rostrate /-strət/ adj. □ rostriferous /-ˈstrif(ə)rəs/ adj.□ rostriform adj.[Latin, = beak, from rodere ros- ‘gnaw’: originally rostra (pl., in sense 1a) in the Roman forum adorned with beaks of captured galleys] |