| 单词 | pedestal |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['pedistl] |
| 解释 | n.(柱石或雕像的)基座 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.(柱石或雕像的)基 座(base, foundation) 【记】 ped(脚)＋estal→做 脚的东西→基座，ped 作为词根，有'儿童、 脚'两层意思 |
| 字源 | 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. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 基座(垫于柱子或雕像下的支撑物) 【记】ped脚, 儿童, estal安置－安置在脚下的东西－基座. |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】ped 脚 + stall 安置， install 安装，建立 【相关】footstall 柱子的台座 |
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