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

单词

pedestal desks

释义

pedestal /pedˈi-stl/

noun

The support of a column, statue, vase, washbasin, etc
(also called axle-guard or pillow-block) the fixed casting which holds the brasses in which a shaft turns

transitive verb

To place on a pedestal

ORIGIN: Fr piédestal, from Ital piedistallo, for piè di stallo foot of a stall, from piè foot (L pēs, pedis), di of (L dē), and stallo stall (see stall¹)

pedˈestalled adjective

pedestal desk noun

A desk for which sets of drawers act as the side supports for the writing surface

put or set on a pedestal

To regard as worthy of a worshipping admiration, esp to attribute an unnatural degree of moral or sexual purity to

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