pulpit

🇬🇧 UK/'pulpit/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

A raised, often enclosed platform in a church from which the preacher delivers a sermon

(教堂的)讲道坛

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
pulpitother
=pulpit

Common Collocations

  • 1.mount the pulpit登上讲道坛
  • 2.preach from the pulpit在讲道坛上布道
  • 3.political pulpit政治宣讲台
  • 4.pulpit oratory讲坛演讲术

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The minister stepped up to the pulpit and addressed the congregation with quiet authority.

  • 2.

    Critics accused the senator of using his office as a political pulpit.

  • 3.

    The carved oak pulpit had stood at the center of the cathedral for over three centuries.

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