Pedestal
[ 'pedistl ]
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n. 底座，基座;根底，基础;[机]托轴架;受人尊敬的地位;
v. 搁在架上;支持;给…加台脚;
📝 例句
The statue reposes on a pedestal.
雕像安在台座上。
She put him on a pedestal: she would have died for him.
她崇拜他:她宁愿为他而死。
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。
He set a socket in each pedestal.
他把每根基座上都按上了灯芯盘。
knock a person off his pedestal
把<某人>从受尊敬的地位拉下来
🌱 联想助记
【记】ped-脚,儿童,estal-安置:安置在脚下的东西→基座
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-ped-表示“脚”
📖 牛津释义
pedestal
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）.
🔁 扩展释义
*['pedistl]n. 支柱, 基架, 基座, 基础vt. 加座, 搁在台上, 支持, 提高...的地位【电】 台座
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Tech stocks are hot property.
科技股如今是抢手货。
One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。
Where are you travelling to, Gary?
卡里，你打算旅行到哪里呢？