pew
/pjuː/noun
1- a long bench with a back, placed in rows in the main part of some churches to seat the congregation教堂长椅。
1.1
- an enclosure or compartment containing a number of seats, used in some churches to seat a particular worshipper or group of worshippers教堂包厢。
1.2
the pews
the congregation of a church礼拜会众：the pews settled down.
做礼拜的人安静下来了。
1.3
- Brit. informal a seat〈英, 非正式〉座位：
'Take a pew. What'll you have?'
“请坐, 你想要些什么？”
词源
late Middle English （originally denoting a raised, enclosed place in a church, provided for particular worshippers）： from Old French puye 'balcony', from Latin podia, plural of podium 'elevated place'.