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单词 pulpit
释义 pul·pit
I. \ˈpu̇lˌpit, ˈpəl-, -_pə̇t, usu -d.+V\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin pulpitum, from Latin, scaffold, stage, platform
1.
 a. : a usually enclosed elevated platform or a high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a service of worship
  < an ornate medieval pulpit with a flight of steps and a sounding board >
  < read from the large Bible on the pulpit >
 b. : an elevated structure for a machine operator
  < an operator in the control pulpit pressed a button — Newsweek >
2. [Middle English, from Latin pulpitum] obsolete : an elevated platform for a public speaker
3.
 a. : the clergy as a profession : preachers
  < the power of the pulpit >
 b. : the ministry of preaching a religious faith : a preaching position
  < called to a city pulpit >
4. : a support for a harpooner on the end of the bowsprit in a whaling ship
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
: to supply with a pulpit or with preaching
intransitive verb
: to preach from a pulpit
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