pedestal
英 ['pedɪst(ə)l]
美 ['pɛdɪstl]
- n. 基架,基座;基础
- vt. 搁在台上;支持;加座
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pedestal 底座,基座来自意大利语piedestallo,基座,脚座,来自pie,脚,词源同foot,de,的,stallo,站立,词源同stall.后拼写通俗化。
- pedestal (n.)
- 1560s, "base supporting a column, statue, etc.," from Middle French piédestal (1540s), from Italian piedistallo "base of a pillar," from pie "foot" + di "of" + stallo "stall, place, seat," from a Germanic source (see stall (n.1)). Spelling in English influenced by Latin pedem "foot." An Old English word for it was fotstan, literally "foot-stone." Figurative sense of put (someone) on a pedestal "regard as highly admirable" is attested from 1859.
- 1. That failure knocked me off my pedestal.
- 那次失败将我赶下了神坛。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. At the very top of the steps was a bust of Shakespeare on a pedestal.
- 就在台阶顶端的基座上有一尊莎士比亚胸像.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Since childhood, I put my own parents on a pedestal. I felt they could do no wrong.
- 从童年起,我就把自己的父母当作偶像崇拜,觉得他们做的一切都是对的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The politician was knocked off his pedestal by his daughter's statements.
- 这位政客由于女儿的一席谈话而不再受人敬重.
来自辞典例句
- 5. She put him on a pedestal: she would have died for him.
- 她崇拜他: 她宁愿为他而死.
来自辞典例句