• n. 座位；會眾；教堂內(nèi)的靠背長凳
• vt. 排座位
• n. (Pew)人名；(英)皮尤

來自古法語puie,陽臺，講臺，來自拉丁語podia,陽臺，戲院樓廳，詞源同foot,podium.后用于指教堂祈禱臺，祈禱者座處，即教堂長椅。

pew

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.

1. Claire sat in the front pew.

克萊爾坐在前排長木椅上。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Can't you find a pew somewhere?

你找不到座位 嗎 ?

來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

3. A 2006 Pew Research Centre study, Are we happy yet?

Pew研究中心的一份2006年關(guān)于你還幸福 嗎 ?

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

4. One in ten workers in Arizona is illegal, according to the Pew Hispanic Centre.

據(jù)Pew西班牙 裔中心的數(shù)據(jù),在阿里桑納州,每十個員工中就有一個是非法移民.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

5. Only,'he added,'I'm glad I trod on Master Pew's corns;'

不過, ” 他說,接著又補充說, “ 我的馬踩倒了皮武先生,我還是感到很高興. ”

來自英漢文學 - 金銀島