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诵经台
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
lectern \lec"tern\, n.
See {Lecturn}.
Lecturn \Lec"turn\ (l[e^]k"t[u^]rn), n. [LL. lectrinum, fr.
lectrum; cf. L. legere, lectum, to read.]
A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which
the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read;
hence, a reading desk. [Written also {lectern} and
{lettern}.] --Fairholt.
资料来源 : WordNet®
lectern
n : desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the
proper height for a lecturer [syn: {reading desk}]