rostrum的词源

英文词源

rostrumyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
rostrum: [16] Latin rōstrum originally meant ‘beak’ or ‘muzzle of an animal’ – it was derived from the verb rōdere ‘gnaw’ (source of English corrode [14], erode [17], and rodent [19]). The word was also applied metaphorically to the ‘beaklike’ prows of ships. In 338 BC the platform for public speakers in the Forum in Rome was adorned with the prows of ships captured from Antium (modern Anzio), and so in due course all such platforms came to be known as rostra – whence the English word.
=> corrode, erode, rodent
rostrum (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1540s, from Latin rostrum, name of the platform stand for public speakers in the Forum in ancient Rome. It was decorated with the beaks of ships taken in the first naval victory of the Roman republic, over Antium, in 338 B.C.E., and the word's older sense is "end of a ship's prow," literally "beak, muzzle, snout," originally "means of gnawing," instrument noun form of rodere "to gnaw" (see rodent). Compare claustrum "lock, bar," from claudere "to shut." Extended sense of any platform for public speaking is first recorded 1766. Classical plural form is rostra.

中文词源

rostrum(讲台、喙):古罗马用装饰讲坛的金属撞角

单词rostrum原本表示鸟喙、动物的鼻口部,怎么跟“讲坛”扯上关系呢?原来,古罗马的战舰的舰首一般装有金属撞角,用于在战斗中撞击敌舰。这种金属撞角的形状很像鸟喙,所以也被称为rostrum。在当时,战舰上的金属撞角是战舰中最贵重的部位。因此,摧毁或捕获敌方战舰后,一般会将其金属撞角带回。捕获的金属撞角常常摆放在演讲台前进行展示。后来,罗马人在修建演讲台时,干脆就用这种金属撞角来作为装饰。于是原本表示“金属撞角”的rostrum又成了“演讲台、讲台”的代名词,一直沿用至今。

rostrum:讲台,主席台,鸟喙,动物鼻口部。

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版:rostrum 词源,rostrum 含义。

rostrum:讲坛,演讲台

该词系拉丁语借用词,愿指“鸟嘴”。公元前338年古罗马征服了安齐奥(Anzio,旧名Antium),将被俘战船上取下的喙形船首作为战利品运回罗马,并用它们来装饰古罗马广场( the Roman Forum)的演讲台。这些船首因形似鸟嘴,故罗马人称喙形船首为rostra(rostrum的复数形式),随后将古罗马广场的演讲台也称作Rostra。不少罗马演说家曾经登上Rostra发表演说,古罗马政治家、演说家、哲学家西塞罗(Cicero,106 - 43BC)就曾在这个Rostra发表反安东尼演说。恺撤(Julius Caesar)被刺杀后,他逃离罗马,不久遭追捕并被杀害,首级和双手被砍下送回罗马悬于Rostra示众。嗣后,rostra 一词被逐新用以泛指“演讲台”。18世纪rostrum(rostra的单数形式)从拉丁语中被引入英语,也用以泛指“演讲台”或“讲坛”。

rostrum:讲台

这个词现代英语里作“讲坛”,“演讲台”,“检阅台”等解,“(天安门)城楼”也用它,即the Tien An Men Rostrum.你也许想象不到,rostrum的原义竟是“鸟喙”!但了解一下这个词演变的历史,你就会觉得从“鸟喙”到“讲台”并非不合乎逻辑。

这个词起源于拉丁语的rodo,意思是“一点一点地吃”,渐渐演变成rostrum,意思也变成“鸟喙”,因为鸟是用它的喙一点一点地啄食东西的。后来rostrum又用来指古罗马战舰的喙形舰首。同时,古罗马的演讲台又是用战争中缴获来的舰史的“喙形舰首”和金属撞角作装饰,于是“喙形舰首”即rostrum,又成了“演讲台”、“讲台”的代名词,一直沿用至今。

rostrum:讲坛,指挥台

来自拉丁语 rostrum,鸟嘴,喙,船头,船艏,来自 rodere,咬,词源同 rodent,eraser.现词义来 自古罗马对邻邦 Antium 在海战中取得胜利后,将其鸟喙形船艏战利品放置于古罗马广场演 讲台,象征着古罗马人勇敢无畏的精神。后引申词义讲坛,指挥台。