| 单词 | podium |
| 释义 | Word Frequency podium(ˈpəʊdɪəm) nounWord forms: plural -diums or -dia (-dɪə) 1. a small raised platform used by lecturers, orchestra conductors, etc; dais 2. a plinth that supports a colonnade or wall 3. a low wall surrounding the arena of an ancient amphitheatre 4. zoology a. the terminal part of a vertebrate limb b. any footlike organ, such as the tube foot of a starfish verb 5. (intransitive) informal to finish in one of the first three places in a sporting competition Word origin C18: from Latin: platform, balcony, from Greek podion little foot, from pous footWord Frequency -podiumcombining form in countable noun a part resembling a foot pseudopodium Word origin from New Latin: footlike; see podium |
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