Pew
[pjuː] or [pju]
解释:
(n.) One of the compartments in a church which are separated by low partitions, and have long seats upon which several persons may sit; -- sometimes called slip. Pews were originally made square, but are now usually long and narrow.
(n.) Any structure shaped like a church pew, as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in theater; a pen; a sheepfold.
(v. t.) To furnish with pews.
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n. an enclosed seat in a church.—ns. Pew′-fell′ow companion; Pew′-hold′er one who rents a pew in a church; Pew′-ō′pener an attendant who opens pews in a church; Pew′-rent rent paid for the use of a pew in church.
整理:特蕾西
例句:
- Will he turn his head towards this pew? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Again, the dreaded Sunday comes round, and I file into the old pew first, like a guarded captive brought to a condemned service. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- The bells were still ringing when he got to Lowick, and he went into the curate's pew before any one else arrived there. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- She remembered the old pew-woman and clerk. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- As I passed his pew on the way out I dropped my bouquet over to him, and he slipped the note into my hand when he returned me the flowers. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- I could go to church and keep awake in the great family pew, or go to sleep behind the curtains, with my veil down, if I only had practice. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- They would have a front pew in the most expensive church in New York, and his name would figure handsomely in the list of parish charities. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- The waiter, who I supposed had lived in his churchwarden's pew for forty years, could not pursue such an insignificant subject. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- The occupant of the pew in the hall, having said thus much, stirs the fire and leaves the triumvirate to warm themselves. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Their teacher, having seen them seated, passed into the rectory pew. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- You don't know how pleased I was to see you all by yourself in the pew. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- But you may imagine what I felt when, just as I came to the altar rails, I glanced back and saw Frank standing and looking at me out of the first pew. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- She sits in the pew near the pulpit. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- The sight of Selden's dark head, in a pew almost facing her, disturbed for a moment the balance of her complacency. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- She was passing the front pew at the time, and it fell over into the pew. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- One of them that I visited was in a Baptist church, the man with the wheel being in the pulpit, and the gamblers in the pews. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
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