podium
noun /ˈpəʊdiəm/
/ˈpəʊdiəm/
- enlarge imagea small platform that a person stands on when giving a speech or conducting an orchestra, etc.
讲台;讲坛;(乐队的)指挥台 - She is the first delegate to speak from the podium at today's conference.
她是今天会议上第一个站在讲台上发言的代表。 - The president sat on the viewing podium watching the military parade.
总统坐在观看台上观看阅兵。
- She is the first delegate to speak from the podium at today's conference.
- (in sports
) three platforms of different levels on which winners stand, usually to receive prizes体育运动 讲台: 三个不同级别的平台,获奖者通常站在平台上领奖- The pair just missed out on a podium finish when they took fourth place.
这对选手获得第四名,恰好失去了登上领奖台的机会。 - He dreamed of standing on the victory podium at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
他梦想能站在巴西大奖赛的领奖台上。
- The pair just missed out on a podium finish when they took fourth place.
- (North American English) (also lectern British and North American English)a stand for holding a book, notes, computer, etc. when you are reading in church, giving a talk, etc.
讲台: 当您在教堂读书,演讲等时,用来存放书本,笔记,计算机等的架子。
词源mid 18th cent.: via Latin from Greek podion, diminutive of pous, pod- ‘foot’.