pulpit
/ˈpʊlpɪt/noun
1- a raised enclosed platform in a church or chapel from which the preacher delivers a sermon（教堂的）讲坛, 布道坛。
1.1
the pulpit
religious teaching as expressed in sermons; preachers collectively布道; ［总称］传教士, 牧师：the movies could rival the pulpit as an agency moulding the ideas of the mass public.
作为一种塑造大众思想的手段, 电影可与布道抗衡。
1.2
- a raised platform in the bows of a fishing boat or whaler（渔船或捕鲸船船首的）凸起平台。
1.3
- a guard rail enclosing a small area at the bow of a yacht（快艇艇首的）护栏, 安全栏。
词源
Middle English: from Latin pulpitum 'scaffold, platform', in medieval Latin 'pulpit'.