柯林斯詞典pedestal /?p?d?st?l/ (pedestals) 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儅偶像崇拜。我覺得他們不會(huì)做錯(cuò)事。 返回 pedestal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。 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)大籃子裡，放在房間角落的花座上。 習(xí)語knock sb off their pedestal put sb on a pedestal 返回 pedestal