| 词汇 | pew |
| 释义 | pew noun[ C ] uk /pjuː/ us /pjuː/ a long wooden seat with a high back, on which a row of people sit in a church（教堂里的）长木椅 Bloomberg Creative/Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images /GettyImages Parts of religious buildings altar apse belfry bell tower chancel cloister confessional crypt flying buttress font gargoyle nave pulpit rood screen rose window sacristy sanctuary transept vault vestry You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Chairs & seats Idiomtake a pew! pew | American Dictionarypew noun[ C ] us/pju/ a long, wooden seat with a back in a church, usually forming one of a number of rows facing the altar in the front Examples of pewpew With pews filled beyond capacity and comfort, 600 demonstrators would be forced to crane forward in order to listen from the market square. It is also clear that proximity to the pulpit was one of the defining characteristics of a prestigious pew. His hypocritical misuse of money is perhaps best embodied by his purchase of a front-row church pew. It is the custom there to hand the alm's plate in the pews. Similarly, administering communion with congregants seated in their pews and using individual glasses arose from practical concerns for efficiency and hygiene. Pulpits and pews were allies in this work, wooden partners in an enterprise that was given life by their respective occupants, preachers and parishioners. In the former case they are brought out by bickering concerning church pews, in the latter rivalry between local families of gentry led to public disorder. It is like denouncing those who have come to church for the empty pews. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The politics of the pew are known to fellow members of the congregation and in more exalted circles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a question, for example, of the pulpit, and of the heating and lighting installations and so forth, and the pews. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is the subsection that actually puts church fittings, pews, pulpits, organs, and everything else into the business scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I regard myself as a reasonably typical man in the pew. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The only effect is to empty the pews yet further. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I speak simply as a man in the pew—a man who was in the pew yesterday. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suspect that the famous man or woman in the pew would be hard-pressed to say what the difference in function is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of pew These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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