ROSTRUM, n. In Latin, the beak of a bird or the prow of a ship. In America, a place from which a candidate for office energetically expounds the wisdom, virtue and power of the rabble.
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rostrum
['rɔstrəm]
n. 讲坛，演讲台;
💡 trum 后缀;表”结果,行为”
"He warmly shook hands with those gathered around the rostrum."
他同聚集在主席台四周的人热情握手.
近义：stage, stand, tribune, pulpit, beak, ram
n. 报考者;申请求职者;攻读学位者;最后命运或结局如何已显然可见者;
💡 cand白，古代候选人穿白袍+id...的+ate人或地位 →候选人
"Who is the best candidate in your estimation ?"
你认为谁是最合适的人选？
近义：applicant, aspirant, aspirer, nominee, participant, petitioner
n. 办公室;办公楼;问询处;重要官职;
💡 fac, fect, fic, fig, fea =make,do,表示”做,制作”
"The office was light and airy."
办公室又明亮又通风。
近义：organisation, organization, bureau, department, agency, entity
n. 智慧，明智;常识，好的判断力;知识，学问;古训;
💡 wis=wise智慧的+dom状态或领域 →智慧
"The received wisdom is that they cannot win."
大家一致认为他们不会赢。
近义：prudence, sageness, sanity, sensibleness, carefulness, discretion
反义：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
n. 拉丁文;拉丁语，拉丁文学;拉丁美洲人;拉丁姆人;
adj. 拉丁的，拉丁语的;古罗马的;拉丁姆的;拉丁美洲的;
💡 拉丁”的（谐音）
"Creolized forms of Latin were spoken in various parts of Europe."
当时欧洲各地区都讲克里奥尔语形式的拉丁语。
近义：romance, romanic
n. （猛禽等的）嘴，喙;鹰钩鼻;地方执法官;
"The gull held the fish in its beak."
海鸥嘴里叼着鱼。
近义：bill, beakhead, acrostolium, arbitrator, judge, justice