bema，platform，rostrum，pulpit，estrade ；

[例句] 我在讲坛上发表即兴演说。 I spoke from the pulpit ad lib.

[例句] 他从讲坛上向他们大声斥责,并且挥动双拳. From the rostrum he thundered at them and shook his fists.

forum，tribune ；

[例句] 这个论坛目前向所有企业家新秀敞开大门。 The forum is now open to all budding entrepreneurs.

[例句] 克拉伦斯·佩奇是《芝加哥论坛报》的专栏作家。 Clarence Page is a columnist for the Chicago Tribune.

sacrificial altar，altar，communion table ；

[例句] 玛蒂尔达在一块有花鸟图案的祭坛布上刺绣。 Matilda was embroidering an altar cloth covered with flowers and birds.

[例句] 长木椅 、 布道坛和祭坛都与教堂朴素高雅的气氛一致. The pews, the pulpit and the altar are of a piece with the simple elegance of the church itself.

jar，earthen jar，bombonne，crock，demijohn ；

[例句] 我生命中这个新男人（就叫他戴夫吧），他的前女友是个醋坛子。 The new man in my life (let's call him Dave) had a very jealous ex-girlfriend.

[例句] 他发现里面有一只有盖的铜坛子. He found in it a copper jar with a lid.

the movie circle，moviedom，filmdom ；

[例句] 他初次涉足影坛时,不太成功. His first sortie into the world of film - making wasn't very successful.

[例句] 步入影坛时，她已是名模和海报女郎了。 She was already a famous model and pin-up by the time she made her film debut.

chancel，altar ；

[例句] 圣坛两侧是两棵圣诞树。 The altar was flanked by two Christmas trees.

[例句] 教皇约翰·保罗二世身着白色长袍在简朴的圣坛前面跪下来。 Pope John Paul II knelt in his white robes before the simple altar.

chancel ；

[例句] 罗伯特与威廉·弗特将高坛与交叉甬道上方设计为扇形拱顶. The choir and transepts have a fan vault by Robert and William Vertue.

ampiclla ；

[化] acid carboy，demijohn，carboy ；

ampullaceal，ampullaceous ；

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