rostrum
- IPA[ˈrästrəm]
美式
- a raised platform on which a person stands to make a public speech, receive an award or medal, play music, or conduct an orchestra；a platform for supporting a movie or television camera
noun: rostrum, plural noun: rostra
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a raised platform on which a person stands to make a public speech, receive an award or medal, play music, or conduct an orchestra speaker after speaker stepped up to the rostrum the winner's rostrum
- ▪ a platform for supporting a movie or television camera a rostrum camera
- 2. a beaklike projection, especially a stiff snout or anterior prolongation of the head in an insect, crustacean, or cetacean these beetles are very easily recognized by the rostrum or beak
