pew: [14] Historically, pew and podium are the same word. Both go back ultimately to Greek pódion ‘small foot, base’, a diminutive form of poús ‘foot’ (a distant relative of English foot). This passed into Latin as podium ‘raised place, balcony’, acquired directly by English as podium [18]. Its plural podia passed into English via Old French puie ‘raised seat, balcony’ as pew.
This was originally used for a sort of raised enclosure in a church, court, etc. rather like a pulpit or dock; then for an enclosure in a church set aside for particular people to sit in (now known as a box pew); and finally (in the 17th century) for a church bench. => foot, pedal, podium
pew (n.)
late 14c., "raised, enclosed seat for certain worshippers" (ladies, important men, etc.), from Old French puie, puy "balcony, elevation," from Latin podia, plural of podium "elevated place," also "balcony in a Roman theater" (see podium). Meaning "fixed bench with a back, for a number of worshippers" is attested from 1630s.
双语例句
1. Claire sat in the front pew.
克莱尔坐在前排长木椅上。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Can't you find a pew somewhere?
你找不到座位 吗 ?
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
3. A 2006 Pew Research Centre study, Are we happy yet?
Pew研究中心的一份2006年关于你还幸福 吗 ?
来自互联网
4. One in ten workers in Arizona is illegal, according to the Pew Hispanic Centre.
据Pew西班牙 裔中心的数据,在阿里桑纳州,每十个员工中就有一个是非法移民.
来自互联网
5. Only,'he added,'I'm glad I trod on Master Pew's corns;'
