English-Thai Dictionary

rostrum

N ยกพื้น สำหรับ กล่าว คำปราศรัย  แท่น หรือ เวที  platform stage yok-puan-sam-rub-kao-kam-pa-sai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ROSTRUM

n.[L.] 1. The beak or bill of a bird.
2. The beak or head of a ship.
3. In ancient Rome, a scaffold or elevated place in the forum, where orations, pleadings funeral harangues, etc. , were delivered.
4. The pipe which conveys the distilling liquor into its receiver, in the common alembic.
5. A crooked pair of scissors, used by surgeons for dilating wounds.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ROSTRUM

Ros "trum, n.; pl. L. Rostra, E. Rostrums. Etym: [L., beak, ship's beak, fr. rodere, rosum, to gnaw. See Rodent. ]

 

1. The beak or head of a ship.

 

2. pl. (Rostra ) (Rom. Antiq.)

 

Defn: The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc. , were delivered; -- so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators.

 

3. Hence, a stage for public speaking; the pulpit or platform occupied by an orator or public speaker. Myself will mount the rostrum in his favor. Addison.

 

4. (Zoöl.) (a ) Any beaklike prolongation, esp. of the head of an animal, as the beak of birds. (b ) The beak, or sucking mouth parts, of Hemiptera. (c ) The snout of a gastropod mollusk. See Illust. of Littorina. (d ) The anterior, often spinelike, prolongation of the carapace of a crustacean, as in the lobster and the prawn.

 

5. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Same as Rostellum.

 

6. (Old Chem. )

 

Defn: The pipe to convey the distilling liquor into its receiver in the common alembic. Quincy.

 

7. (Surg.)

 

Defn: A pair of forceps of various kinds, having a beaklike form. [Obs. ] Coxe.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

rostrum

ros trum |ˈrästrəm, ˈrô -ˈrɑstrəm | ▶noun ( pl. rostra |ˈrästrə, ˈrô -| or rostrums ) 1 a raised platform on which a person stands to make a public speech, receive an award or medal, play music, or conduct an orchestra. • a similar platform for supporting a movie or television camera. 2 chiefly Zoology a beaklike projection, esp. a stiff snout or anterior prolongation of the head in an insect, crustacean, or cetacean. DERIVATIVES ros trate |ˈräsˌtrāt, ˈrôˌstrāt |adjective rostrum ( sense 2 ) ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘beak ’ (from rodere ‘gnaw ’). The word was originally used (at first in the plural rostra ) to denote part of the Forum in Rome, which was decorated with the beaks of captured galleys, and was used as a platform for public speakers.

 

Oxford Dictionary

rostrum

rostrum |ˈrɒstrəm | ▶noun ( pl. rostra |-trə | or rostrums ) 1 a raised platform on which a person stands to make a public speech, receive an award or medal, play music, or conduct an orchestra. • a raised platform supporting a film or television camera. 2 chiefly Zoology a beak-like projection, especially a stiff snout or anterior prolongation of the head in an insect, crustacean, or cetacean. DERIVATIVES rostrate |-strət |(also rostrated ) adjective rostrum ( sense 2 ) ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘beak ’ (from rodere ‘gnaw ’). The word was originally used (at first in the plural rostra ) to denote part of the Forum in Rome, which was decorated with the beaks of captured galleys, and was used as a platform for public speakers.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

rostrum

rostrum noun the speakers will be seated on either side of the rostrum: dais, platform, podium, stage; soapbox.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

rostrum

rostrum noun dais, platform, podium, stage; soapbox; Indian mandapam; rare tribune.

 

Duden Dictionary

Rostrum

Ros t rum , Ros trum Substantiv, Neutrum Biologie , das |R o strum |das Rostrum; Genitiv: des Rostrums, Plural: die Rostren über das Vorderende des Tierkörpers hinausragender Fortsatz z. B. der Vogelschnabel oder der schnabelförmige Fortsatz am Schädel der Haie und anderer Fische

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

rostrum

ros trum /rɑ́strəm |rɔ́s -/名詞 複 -tra /-trə /, ～s C 1 演壇, 説教壇 ; 指揮台 ▸ take the rostrum 演壇に立つ 2 (ローマの軍船の )船首の突出部 ; 衝角 , 船嘴 （せんし ）.