pedestal
n. 基架；底座；受人尊敬的地位
vt. 搁在台上；颂扬
过去式：pedestaled/pedestalled 过去分词：pedestaled/pedestalled 现在分词：pedestaling/pedestalling 第三人称单数：pedestals
近义词：stand，seat，base，plinth，dais，platform，podium，support，foundation，understructure，foot，footstall，
英英释义
Noun
- a support or foundation;
"the base of the lamp"
- a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority);
"they put him on a pedestal"
- an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
例句
用作名词(n.)
- The workers put the statue on its pedestal.工人们把雕像放到基座上。
- The two images stand on a pedestal facing the west.两个肖像都座落在面向西面的基架。
- Before it could be transported to the United States, a site had to be found for it and a pedestal had to be built.在雕像可以运往美国之前，必须给它选个场地，还要建造一个雕像底座。
- He put his wife on a pedestal and so was all the more hurt when he found she was capable of deceiving him.他把妻子当作偶像崇拜，因此当他知道她是在欺骗他时，他受到的打击实在太大了。
用作及物动词(vt.)
- He desired not to be pedestalled, but to sink into the crowd.他不愿高高在上, 而愿深入到民众当中去。