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lectern 音標拼音: [l'ɛktɚn] n. 誦經臺 誦經台 lectern n 1: desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer [ synonym: { lectern}, { reading desk}] Lectern \ Lec" tern\ ( l[ e^] k" t[ u^] rn), n. [ Written also { lecturn} and { lettern}.] [ LL. lectrinum, fr. lectrum; cf. L. legere, lectum, to read.] 1. A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read. -- Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Hence: A reading desk, usually in the form of a stand with a slanted top that holds books or lecture notes at a height convenient for reading by a speaker who is standing. A modern lectern may be of adjustable height, and be fitted with a light to illuminate the material on the desk, and sometimes a microphone or other electrical equipment for use of a speaker. [ PJC]
Lecturn \ Lec" turn\ ( l[ e^] k" t[ u^] rn), n. [ LL. lectrinum, fr. lectrum; cf. L. legere, lectum, to read.] Same as { lectern}. [ Written also { lectern} and { lettern}.] -- Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster]
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