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noun
a stationary church bench with a back and often arms at the ends, usu. one of several arranged in rows facing the altar.
a seating compartment in a church.
pew research centern. 皮尤研究中心(美国调查机构)
14世纪晚期, peue,“供某些敬拜者(女士、重要人物等)使用的高座椅”,通常是封闭的,源自古法语 puie, puy “阳台,高处或座位; 高地,土堆”,源自拉丁语 podia,复数形式为 podium “高处”,也指罗马剧院前面的阳台(供显要人物坐; 参见 podium)。意思是“带靠背的固定长椅,供多名敬拜者使用”,可追溯到1630年代。相关词汇: Pewholder; pew-rent。
Middle English pewe, from Middle French dialect (Picardy) puie balustrade, from Latin podia, plural of podium parapet, podium, from Greek podion base, diminutive of pod-, pous foot — more at foot
The first known use of pew was in the 14th century
phagocytenoun
a cell (as a white blood cell) that takes in and breaks down foreign material (as bacteria) and waste
phagocytenoun
a cell (as a white blood cell) that takes in and breaks down foreign material (as bacteria) and waste
phagenoun
bacteriophage
pharmaceutical1 of 2adjective
of, relating to, or involved in pharmacy or the manufacture and sale of medicinal drugs
a pharmaceutical company
pharmaceutical2 of 2noun
a drug or preparation used in medicine
peyotenoun
a drug containing mescaline that causes hallucinations and is obtained from the dried round and flattened tops of a small spineless cactus of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico
the cactus from which peyote is obtained called alsomescal
pewternoun
any of various metallic substances made mostly of tinespecially: a dull metallic substance containing lead formerly used for utensils
utensils made of pewter
peweenoun
any of various small grayish or greenish brown birds that eat flying insects
pewnoun
one of the benches with backs and sometimes doors set in rows in a church
1 Kneeling in her pew, Blanca would inhale the intense smell of the virgin’s incense and lilies, suffering the combined torment of nausea, guilt, and boredom.
2 I had spent the week exploring this city, walking through its vacant lots, watching the aimless boys, sitting in the pews of the striving churches, reeling before the street murals to the dead.
3 He paced in the aisle, from one pew to another.
4 The Pew report also looked at how cities are generating revenue.
皮尤报告还展示各个城市如何增加收入。
5 We were surrounded by love—the eclectic, multicultural Obama kind and the anchoring Robinsons-from-the-South-Side kind, all of it now interwoven visibly, pew to pew, inside the church.
6 He had trudged back to his pew dry-eyed amid tearful shrieks and shouts of others, wondering if he should try to cry.
7 Richard Fry at the Pew Research Center points a number of reasons.
在皮尤研究中心的理查德.弗莱讲了一些原因.
8 Recent polls by the Pew Research Centre in Washington, DC, found that 75-80 percent of participants regarded climate change as an important issue.
华盛顿皮尤研究中心最近的民意调查发现,75%至80%的参与者认为气候变化是一个重要问题。
9 After mass, long after the priest’s words stopped echoing against the cement walls, she remained in church, inspecting the pews for forgotten veils or rosary beads.
10 In the pew, Joseph didn’t move the whole time.
11 Looking about at the faces of the people seated in the pews, she fastened on the first pair of eyes that were directed toward her.
12 “No,” I shriek loud enough to blow the roof as I duck behind the pew in front of me.
13 The clear sunshine streamed so warmly through the window into the pew where Karen sat!
明媚的阳光温暖地穿过窗子照射到珈伦坐的位置上。
14 He flattened his back to the oak pew, so I could climb over him, and I hustled down the aisle to the back of the church.
15 The second photo is of me sitting in the same pew as the previous shot.
16 He was sitting hunched over on a pew just the way he’s sitting hunched over on a bench right now.
17 I got a whole truck full of wooden pews from a church that was being renovated.
18 Watching her from the pew I was pierced with envy for the position she had gained.
19 Adeline drew a pair of imaginary guns from imaginary thigh holsters and posed, fingers pulling imaginary triggers, making little pew! pew! pew! sounds with her red mouth.
20 He let me down so that he could push one of the pews against the wall.