| 单词 | pedestal |
| 释义 | pedestal /ped"euh stl/, n. , v. , pedestaled, pedestaling or (esp. Brit.) pedestalled, pedestalling. n. 1. an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like. See diag. under column. 2. a supporting structure or piece; base. 3. Furniture. a. a support for a desk, consisting of a boxlike frame containing drawers one above the other. b. a columnar support for a tabletop. 4. Building Trades. a bulge cast at the bottom of a concrete pile. 5. set or put on a pedestal, to glorify; idealize: When we first became engaged each of us set the other on a pedestal. v.t. 6. to put on or supply with a pedestal. [1555-65; alter. of MF piedestal < It piedestallo, var. of PIEDISTALLO lit., foot of stall. See PED-2, DE, STALL1] |
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