n.[C]

1. 【建】柱脚
2. （雕像等的）垫座，台座
3. （尤指作为偶像崇拜的）显要地位
   She put him on a pedestal: she would have died for him.

   她崇拜他：她宁愿为他而死。

vt.

1. 把……放在台座上
2. 颂扬

n.

1. 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.
2. each of the two supports of a kneehole desk or table.
3. the supporting column or base of a washbasin or toilet pan.