Pedestal
['pedɪst(ə)l] or ['pɛdɪstl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue).
(noun.) a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority); 'they put him on a pedestal'.
埃米莉錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like; the part on which an upright work stands. It consists of three parts, the base, the die or dado, and the cornice or surbase molding. See Illust. of Column.
(n.) A casting secured to the frame of a truck and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
(n.) A pillow block; a low housing.
(n.) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
錄入:鲁道夫
解釋/意思:
n. anything that serves as a foot or a support: the foot or base of a pillar &c.: the fixed casting which holds the brasses in which a shaft turns called also Axle-guard or Pillow-block.—v.t. to place on a pedestal.
整理:薇尔玛
例句/造句/用法:
- All was quiet with him, save that a long inscription had appeared that morning upon the pedestal of the sundial. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Without pedestal--so high--' he measured with his hand--'with pedestal, so--' He looked at her steadily. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- It stood on a small pedestal table with an old dressing-gown of Holmes's so draped round it that the illusion from the street was absolutely perfect. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Ah--which is the bust and which is the pedestal? 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- We had an open lamp, and when we opened the pedestal, it blew the doors off, and blew out the windows, and knocked me down, and the other man. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- On that granite pedestal a cast-iron pier was raised to a height of 100 feet, the level of the roadway of the rails. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- He saw on the pedestal, that the piece was called 'Lady Godiva. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- She is the companion of the gods, the joy of heaven, the light of the earth, the pedestal of justice, and the basis of good policy. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- More remarkable by being so removed from the crowd it was among than if it had been lifted on a pedestal to be seen, the figure attracted all eyes. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Mr Boffin, declining rum, being still elevated on his pedestal, was in a convenient position to be addressed. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- She dropped her watering-pot and stepped down from the pedestal. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- She was close to the inscription on the side of the pedestal. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I cried, leaping to the Pedestal of Truth once more. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- I stopped before the pedestal from which the cross rose. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Finally I opened the pedestal--a storehouse for tools, etc. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
校對:潘西