英语词汇“pedestal”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pedestal

(pedɪstəl )

Word forms: pedestals

1. countable noun

A pedestal is the base on which something such as a statue stands.

...a larger-than-life-sized bronze statue on a granite pedestal.

Synonyms: support, stand, base, foot

2. countable noun

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.

Since childhood, I put my own parents on a pedestal. I felt they could do no wrong.

That failure knocked me off my pedestal.

Idioms:

knock someone off their pedestal

to show that someone is not as good or talented as people generally think

Being better than them is insufficient to knock them off their pedestal You have to be special..

put someone on a pedestal

to think someone is extremely good, talented or perfect

I put my own parents on a pedestal. I felt they could do no wrong.

Translations:

Chinese: 基座雕像等的

Japanese: 台座彫刻などの

单词	pedestal
释义	pedestal (pedɪstəl ) Word forms: pedestals 1. countable noun A pedestal is the base on which something such as a statue stands. ...a larger-than-life-sized bronze statue on a granite pedestal. Synonyms: support, stand, base, foot 2. countable noun 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. Since childhood, I put my own parents on a pedestal. I felt they could do no wrong. That failure knocked me off my pedestal. Idioms: knock someone off their pedestal to show that someone is not as good or talented as people generally think Being better than them is insufficient to knock them off their pedestal You have to be special.. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers put someone on a pedestal to think someone is extremely good, talented or perfect I put my own parents on a pedestal. I felt they could do no wrong. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 基座雕像等的 Japanese: 台座彫刻などの
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