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pedestal

美音:[´pedəstəl ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[´pedəstəl ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
n.基架,底座,基础 vt.加座,搁在台上,支持

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pedestal为短语/超纲词汇

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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

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ped=foot(足)

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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 pedestal
a solid vertical post that supports something such as a table
 the pedestal of the dentist's chair
pedestal basin
BrE (=a bowl to wash your hands in, supported by a pedestal)
put/place sb on a pedestal
to 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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