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单词 pedestal
释义 pedestal
['ped.ə.stəl] noun countable
■a long thin column which 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.在暴乱中,雕像被人从底座上推了下来。
A flower arrangement in a large basket stood on a (flower) pedestal in the corner of the room.一束花插在一个大篮子里,放在房间角落的花座上。
['ped.ə.stəl] noun countable
knock sb off their pedestal
■to show people that someone is not as perfect as they seem to be 使某人威信扫地,揭开某人的疮疤
This recent scandal has really knocked the President off his pedestal.最近的丑闻确实把总统从神圣的宝座上打落下来。
['ped.ə.stəl] noun countable
put sb on a pedestal
■to believe that someone is perfect 把(某人)当作偶像;把(某人)奉为完人
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