名詞 pedestal:

1. a support or foundation
   同義詞：base, stand
2. a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority)
3. an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
   同義詞：plinth, footstall

1. He put his wife on a pedestal and so was all the more hurt when he found she was capable of deceiving him.
   他把妻子當作偶像崇拜，因此當他知道她是在欺騙他時，他受到的打擊實在太大了。
2. Before it could be transported to the United States, a site had to be found for it and a pedestal had to be built.
   在雕像可以運往美國之前，必須給它選個場地，還要建造一個雕像底座。
3. The statue reposes on a pedestal.
   塑像安放在臺座上。
4. The workers put the statue on its pedestal.
   工人們把雕像放到基座上。

ped.es.tal

n.（名詞）
An architectural support or base, as for a column or statue.
基座：一種墊于柱子或雕像等下面的建筑支撐物或底座
A support or foundation.
支撐物或基座
A position of high regard or adoration.
崇拜或尊崇的地位
v.tr.（及物動詞）
ped.es.taled 或 ped.es.talled ped.es.tal.ing 或 ped.es.tal.ling ped.es.tals 或 ped.es.tals
To place on or provide with a pedestal.
放到基座上或提供一個基座

來源：
Obsolete French pedestal
已廢法語 pedestal
from Italian piedestallo
源自 意大利語 piedestallo
piede [foot] from Latin pôs * see pedi-
piede [腳] 源自 拉丁語 pôs *參見 pedi-
di [of] from Latin dô * see de-
di […的] 源自 拉丁語 dô *參見 de-
stallo [stall] [of Germanic origin] * see stel-
stallo [安置] [源于日耳曼語的] *參見 stel-