| 单词 | dais |
| 释义 | dais (once / 3514 pages) n A speaker stands on a dais, or a platform, when giving a presentation. If you were speaking at the Coffee Lovers of America's conference, you'd step onto the dais so the audience could see you over their enormous cups o' joe. Dais comes to us from the Old French word deis, which was originally pronounced with only one syllable — more like days than the current day-us. If you take a course in a lecture hall, your professor will need to stand on the dais so everyone can see her better. WORD FAMILYdais: daises USAGE EXAMPLESOn the dais in the afternoon, the debate got heated as advocates from both sides erupted into applause in the council chamber. Washington Times(Dec 20, 2016) Stacks of file boxes, marked with names like Social Security Works, National Nurses United, and MoveOn, straddled the dais. Slate(Dec 07, 2016) “I care very little about helping someone in Virginia pay their rent,” Ms. May said Tuesday afternoon on the dais. Washington Times(Dec 06, 2016) n a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it Syn|Hyper ambo, podium, pulpit, rostrum, soapbox, stump platform a raised horizontal surface |
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