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pedestal
[英] [ˈpedɪstəl] [美] [ˈpɛdɪstəl] 生词本

n.

v.

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1. N-COUNT （雕像等的）底座，基座 A pedestal is the base on which something such as a statue stands. 

  • ...a larger than life sized bronze statue on a granite pedestal.

    安放在花岗岩底座上的比真人尺寸还要大的青铜雕像

2. N-COUNT 受崇拜/ 不再受崇拜 If you put someone on a pedestal, you admire them very much and think that they cannot be criticized. If someone is knocked off a pedestal they are no longer admired. 

  • 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。

  • That failure knocked me off my pedestal.

    那次失败将我赶下了神坛。

Noun

1. a support or foundation;

  • "the base of the lamp"

2. a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority);

  • "they put him on a pedestal"

3. an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)

体育

  • 1.艺术造型

建筑

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  • 1.台座

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  • 1.消隐脉冲电平；基座
1. 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。

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