dais

noun

/ˈdeɪɪs/

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a stage, especially at one end of a room, on which people stand to make speeches to an audience（尤指房间一端的）讲台，高台
- He was seated atop a raised dais with a double set of stairs leading up to the throne.他在一个高台上就座，那里有两组楼梯通往他的御座。
- The chamber has a raised dais, which lends itself perfectly to either ceremonies or musical entertainment.会议厅有一个凸起的讲台，非常适合仪式或音乐娱乐。
Word OriginMiddle English (originally denoting a raised table for distinguished guests): from Old French deis, from Latin discus ‘disc or dish’ (later ‘table’). Little used after the Middle English period, the word was revived by antiquarians in the early 19th cent. and pronounced as two syllables.