pew

来自古法语puie,阳台，讲台，来自拉丁语podia,阳台，戏院楼厅，词源同foot,podium.后用于指教堂祈祷台，祈祷者座处，即教堂长椅。

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.

克莱尔坐在前排长木椅上。

2. Can't you find a pew somewhere?

你找不到座位 吗 ?

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

Pew研究中心的一份2006年关于你还幸福 吗 ?

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

据Pew西班牙 裔中心的数据,在阿里桑纳州,每十个员工中就有一个是非法移民.

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

不过, ” 他说,接着又补充说, “ 我的马踩倒了皮武先生,我还是感到很高兴. ”