pew

• n.座席；会衆；教会の後部座席
• vt.
• n.(ピュー)人の名前；(英)ピュー

古フランス語のpuie、バルコニー、演壇から、ラテン語のpodia、バルコニー、劇場ホール、足、演壇を語源とする。 後に教会の祈祷台、祈祷席、つまり教会の列席者を指すようになった。

pew

pew: [14] Historically, pew and podium are the same word. Both go back ultimately to Greek pódion ‘small foot, base’, a diminutive form of poús ‘foot’ (a distant relative of English foot). This passed into Latin as podium ‘raised place, balcony’, acquired directly by English as podium [18]. Its plural podia passed into English via Old French puie ‘raised seat, balcony’ as pew.

This was originally used for a sort of raised enclosure in a church, court, etc. rather like a pulpit or dock; then for an enclosure in a church set aside for particular people to sit in (now known as a box pew); and finally (in the 17th century) for a church bench.
=> foot, pedal, podium

pew (n.)

late 14c., "raised, enclosed seat for certain worshippers" (ladies, important men, etc.), from Old French puie, puy "balcony, elevation," from Latin podia, plural of podium "elevated place," also "balcony in a Roman theater" (see podium). Meaning "fixed bench with a back, for a number of worshippers" is attested from 1630s.

1. Claire sat in the front pew .

クレアは前列のベンチに座っていた。

2.Can 't you find a pew somewhere？

席が見つかりませんか？

3.A 2006 Pew Research Centre study，Are we happy yet？

Pew 研究センターの2006年あなたはまだ幸せでしたか。

4.One in ten workers in Arizona is illegal，according to the Pew Hispanic Centre.

スペイン系センターのデータによると、アリゾナ州では従業員10人に1人が不法移民だ。

5.Only，'he added，'I 'm glad I trod on Master Pew 's corns ;'

でも」と言い、続けて「私の馬が皮武さんを踏み倒して、私はやはり喜んでいます」と付け加えた。