Pedestal
[ 'pedistl ]
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n. 底座，基座;根底，基礎;[機]托軸架;受人尊敬的地位;
v. 擱在架上;支持;給…加臺腳;
?? 例句
The statue reposes on a pedestal.
雕像安在臺座上。
She put him on a pedestal: she would have died for him.
她崇拜他:她寧愿為他而死。
The politician was knocked off his pedestal by his daughter's statements.
這位政客由于女兒的一席談話而不再受人敬重。
He set a socket in each pedestal.
他把每根基座上都按上了燈芯盤。
knock a person off his pedestal
把<某人>從受尊敬的地位拉下來
?? 聯想助記
【記】ped-腳,兒童,estal-安置:安置在腳下的東西→基座
? 同義詞
?? 詞根
-ped-表示“腳”
?? 牛津釋義
pedestal
n
1 base of a column 柱腳; 柱基.
2 base on which a statue or some other piece of sculpture stands （雕像等的）基座. =>illus 見插圖. 3(idm 習語) knock sb off his pedestal/perch => knock2.place, etc sb on a `pedestal admire sb greatly, esp without noticing his faults 崇拜某人（尤指盲目地）.
?? 擴展釋義
*['pedistl]n. 支柱, 基架, 基座, 基礎vt. 加座, 擱在臺上, 支持, 提高...的地位【電】 臺座
?? 同詞根單詞
?? 同為「GRE」詞匯
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I can communicate with foreigners easily.
我能輕松地和外國人溝通。
Fool, you added this bill up wrong!
笨蛋，你把賬單加多了！
But George's parrot, Henry, was still there.
但時喬治的鸚鵡亨利仍在那里。