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A podium is a small platform, higher than the floor around it, that you stand on. Winners stand on a podium to get a medal, and a speaker may stand on a podium to give a speech. In American English, "podium" can also mean the small stand in front of a speaker that holds their notes - though in British English that stand is usually called a "" instead.
頒獎台;(美) 講台。
組成From Greek "pous/pod-" (foot) - literally "a place for the feet to stand."
同家族的字
- podiatristshares 'pod-' (foot) - a doctor who treats feet
- tripodshares 'pod-' (foot) - a stand with three 'feet'
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
podiumnoun/ˈpəʊ.di.əm/
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A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais.
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A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly.
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A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize.
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hobbieslifestylesportsA result amongst the best three at a competition.
- Red Bull's Thai-British driver Alex Albon took a maiden podium in third.
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A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall.
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A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall.
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The lower portion of a high-rise building, typically of several storeys tall and acts as a foundation to the tower(s) above it.
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anatomybiologybotanyA foot or footstalk.
podiumverb/ˈpəʊ.di.əm/
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hobbieslifestylesportsTo finish in the top three at an event or competition.
- The swimmer podiumed three times at the Olympics.
- Vocab-wise, medalling and PB-ing are now totally part-and-parcelled, and most experts in South Korea believe podiumed, finalled and all-comered are not far off lexiconing.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。