| 正面 | 10777.pedestal 英 ['pedɪst(ə)l]美 ['pɛdɪstl]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1. 谐音“卡死他”。n. 基架，基座；基础vt. 搁在台上；支持；加座 例句： 1. That failure knocked me off my pedestal.那次失败将我赶下了神坛。 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." |