pew
pew — 名詞
- pewsingular
- pewsplural
1. a long bench found in churches, built from wood and fitted with a backrest, wher
教堂長椅
教堂中供一排人坐的長木椅
a long bench found in churches, built from wood and fitted with a backrest, where several people sit side by side during a religious service
Dahlia sat in the front pew and watched the morning light through the old window.
Dahlia 坐在前排長椅上，看著晨光穿過老舊窗戶。
collocation: front pew / sit in a pew
The carpenter repaired the cracked pew and sanded it smooth before Sunday.
木匠修好了那條裂開的教堂長椅，在主日前將它打磨光滑。
collocation: repair a pew / cracked pew
Théo's grandmother always sat in the third pew on the left during evening services.
Théo 的祖母總是在晚間聚會時坐在左邊第三排長椅上。
Jisoo slid into the back pew as the choir began to sing the first hymn.
Jisoo 在詩班開始唱第一首詩歌時溜進後排長椅。
Gita found a small prayer book left behind on the pew after the wedding ceremony.
Gita 在婚禮結束後發現一本小祈禱書留在長椅上。
文法句型
a pew / the pew / pews
用法筆記
Almost exclusively refers to fixed bench seating in Christian churches. In informal British English, 'take a pew' is an idiomatic invitation to sit down, but this phrase is limited to that register and regional variety.