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A pedestal is a base or stand that holds something up, especially a statue. Figuratively, if you 'put someone on a pedestal', it means you admire them so much that you think they can do nothing wrong - sometimes this is used as a gentle warning, since it can lead to disappointment later.
基座、台座；（比喻）（把人）捧上神壇、過度崇拜
組成From Italian, made of 'piede' (foot), 'di' (of), and 'stallo' (stand) - literally 'foot of the stand'.
原始詞典資料12 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
pedestalnoun/ˈpɛdɪstəl/
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architectureThe base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
- The table and two base pedestals cost more than $4,000. The pedestals are described as having “hand applied ebonized inlay with bell flowers topped by hand carved scrolls and a fluted column.”
- The state reached a deal with the city to remove the 40-foot granite pedestal the Lee statue sat on for more than a century.
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A place of reverence or honor.
- He has put his mother on a pedestal. You can't say a word against her.
- It’s an old, old story. We’ve all placed people on pedestals, and then, almost inevitably, they let us down. They violate our trust. They betray us. They fall off the pedestal, or we remove them.
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rail-transportrailwaystransportA casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
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engineeringmachiningmechanical-engineeringA pillow block; a low housing.
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An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
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a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.
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communicationselectrical-engineeringengineeringA ground-level housing for a passive connection point for underground cables.
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businesselectrical-engineeringelectricityThe measured value when no input signal is given.
另外 3 個記錄的用法
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aeronauticsaerospaceaviationThe central part of the cockpit, between the pilots, where various controls are located.
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artshobbieslifestyleAn item upon which television cameras are mounted.
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The tough protuberant pad covering a dromedary's sternum, which, when the camel lies down, causes the abdomen to be slightly above the hot ground.
pedestalverb/ˈpɛdɪstəl/
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To set or support on (or as if on) a pedestal.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。