pedestal
The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lampThe base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
» Tom puts Mary on a pedestal.
Значення
значень: 11The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
Sockel, Podest, Piedestal
пьедеста́лpʹjedestál, постаме́нтpostamént, цо́кольcókolʹ
п'єдесталpʺjedestal
an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
(переносно)A place of reverence or honor.
He has put his mother on a pedestal. You can't say a word against her.
A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
A pillow block; a low housing.
An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
A pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.
A ground-level housing for a passive connection point for underground cables.
The measured value when no input signal is given.
The central part of the cockpit, between the pilots, where various controls are located.
An item upon which television cameras are mounted.
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.
Приклади
речень: 14Tom puts Mary on a pedestal.
American citizens paid for the statue's pedestal.
Американські громадяни заплатили за постамент статуї. — Ahha
ruПостамент статуи оплатили американские граждане. — Ooneykcall
deDie amerikanischen Bürger zahlten für den Sockel der Statue. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
He has her on a pedestal.
The sky is a pedestal for stars.
ruНебо - это пьедестал для звёзд. — gleki
Sami was toppled off the political pedestal.
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Походження
Borrowed from Middle French piédestal, itself borrowed from Italian piedistallo (literallyBorrowed from Middle French piédestal, itself borrowed from Italian piedistallo (literally “foot stand”). Spelling influenced by Latin pēs, pedem.
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