pedestal
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT A pedestal is the base on which something such as a statue stands. (雕像等的) 基座
...a larger than life-sized bronze statue on a granite pedestal. …在花崗巖基座上的一尊比真人大的銅像。
2. N-COUNT 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. 崇高地位
Since childhood, I put my own parents on a pedestal. I felt they could do no wrong. 自童年起我就把我父母當(dāng)偶像崇拜。我覺(jué)得他們不會(huì)做錯(cuò)事。
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pedestal /?p?d?st?l/ (pedestals)
劍橋詞典
- a long , thin column that supports a statue , or a tall structure like a column on which something rests
基座,底座
In the riot , the statues were toppled from their pedestals. 在暴亂中,雕像從底座上被推了下來(lái)。
A flower arrangement in a large basket stood on a pedestal in the corner of the room . 一束花插在一個(gè)大籃子里,放在房間角落的花座上。
習(xí)語(yǔ)
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