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Pedestal N Count Statue Put Knocked I 英[ˈpedɪstl 美[ˈpɛdɪstəl

单词 pedestal
音标
英[ˈpedɪstl] 美[ˈpɛdɪstəl]
解释
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

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

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.
例: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。
例:That failure knocked me off my pedestal.那次失败将我赶下了神坛。
变形
third:pedestals~done:pedestalled~pl:pedestals~ing:pedestalling~past:pedestalled~

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