n.[C]
    
      - 【建】柱腳
- (雕像等的)墊座,臺座
- (尤指作為偶像崇拜的)顯要地位![]() She put him on a  pedestal: she would have died for him. 她崇拜他:她寧願為他而死。 
vt.
    
      - 把……放在臺座上
- 頌揚
 
  片語
  
    knock sb. off his pedestal
    
      - 使某人不再受尊重![]() The politician was  knocked off his pedestal by his daughter's statements. 這位政客由於女兒的一席談話而不再受人敬重。 
place/put/set sb. on a pedestal
    
      - 崇拜某人![]() I  put you on a pedestal: I would have died for you. 我曾崇拜你,願意為你而死。 
 
  辨析
  
 
  n.
   - the base or support on which a statue, obelisk, or column is mounted. ▸a position in which someone is greatly or uncritically admired: ![]()  you shouldn't put him on a pedestal. 
- each of the two supports of a kneehole desk or table.
- the supporting column or base of a washbasin or toilet pan.
Etymology
  C16: from Fr. piédestal, from Ital. piedestallo, from piè ‘foot’ + di ‘of’ + stallo ‘stall’.