名詞 lectern:

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

1. An elevated platform, lectern, or stand used in preaching or conducting a religious service.
   講道臺(tái)在布道或主持宗教儀式時(shí)所用的講壇、小臺(tái)架或講臺(tái)

lec.tern

n.（名詞）
A reading desk with a slanted top holding the books from which scriptural passages are read during a church service.
誦經(jīng)臺(tái)：一張頂部?jī)A斜的書桌，上面放有經(jīng)書，在教學(xué)禮拜時(shí)可以從中讀取經(jīng)文段落
A stand that serves as a support for the notes or books of a speaker.
演講臺(tái)，演講桌：一個(gè)用來放演講者的書或筆記架子

來源：
Middle English lettorne, lectorn
中古英語(yǔ) lettorne, lectorn
from Old French lettrun
源自 古法語(yǔ) lettrun
from Medieval Latin lôctronum
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語(yǔ) lôctronum
from Late Latin lôctrum
源自 后期拉丁語(yǔ) lôctrum
from Latin lôctus [past participle of] legere [to read] * see leg-
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) lôctus [] legere的過去分詞 [讀] *參見 leg-