pedestal
美音:
[´pedəstəl
]英音:
[´pedəstəl
]n.基架,底座,基础 vt.加座,搁在台上,支持
难易程度:
pedestal为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:pedestaled/pedestalled 过去分词:pedestaled/pedestalled 现在分词:pedestaling/pedestalling 第三人称单数:pedestals/pedestals
词根
ped=foot(足)
近义词, 同义词
pedestal
/'pedɪstl; `pɛdɪstl/
n
1 base of a column 柱脚; 柱基.
2 base on which a statue or some other piece of sculpture stands (雕像等的)基座. =>illus 见插图. 3(idm 习语) knock sb off his pedestal/perch => knock2.place, etc sb on a `pedestal admire sb greatly, esp without noticing his faults 崇拜某人(尤指盲目地).
pedestal
n[C][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: French;Origin: piédestal, from
Old Italian piedestallo, from pie di stallo
'foot of the stall']
the base on which a
pillar or
statue stands
a Grecian bust on a pedestala solid vertical post that supports something such as a table
the pedestal of the dentist's chairpedestal basinBrE (=a bowl to wash your hands in, supported by a pedestal)
put/place sb on a pedestalto admire someone so much that you treat them or talk about them as though they are perfect
Women are both put on a pedestal and treated like second-class citizens.
1. Before it could be transported to the United States, a site had to be found for it and a pedestal had to be built. 在雕像被运往美国之前,必须为它选好一块场地,同时必须建造一个基座。
2. Don´t set the hero on a pedestal. 不要把英雄理想化。
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