lectern

名词 lectern:

1. desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer
   同义词：reading desk

1. An elevated platform, lectern, or stand used in preaching or conducting a religious service.
   讲道台在布道或主持宗教仪式时所用的讲坛、小台架或讲台

lec.tern

n.（名词）
A reading desk with a slanted top holding the books from which scriptural passages are read during a church service.
诵经台：一张顶部倾斜的书桌，上面放有经书，在教学礼拜时可以从中读取经文段落
A stand that serves as a support for the notes or books of a speaker.
演讲台，演讲桌：一个用来放演讲者的书或笔记架子

来源：
Middle English lettorne, lectorn
中古英语 lettorne, lectorn
from Old French lettrun
源自 古法语 lettrun
from Medieval Latin lôctronum
源自 中世纪拉丁语 lôctronum
from Late Latin lôctrum
源自 后期拉丁语 lôctrum
from Latin lôctus [past participle of] legere [to read] * see leg-
源自 拉丁语 lôctus [] legere的过去分词 [读] *参见 leg-