pedestal

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpɛdɪstəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈpɛdəstəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pedə stl)

Inflections of 'pedestal' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
When both "l" and "ll" forms exist, spellings with a double "l" are correct, but rare, in US English, while those with a single "l" are not correct in UK English.
pedestals
v 3rd person singular
pedestalling
v pres p (Mainly UK)
pedestaling
v pres p (US)
pedestalled
v past (Mainly UK)
pedestaled
v past (US)
pedestalled
v past p (Mainly UK)
pedestaled
v past p (US)
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WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2025:

主要翻译
英语中文
pedestal n (base for statue)SCSimplified Chinese (柱子或雕像的)基座 zhù zi huò diāo xiàng de jī zuò
  SCSimplified Chinese 底座 zhù zi huò diāo xiàng de jī zuò,dǐ zuò
TCTraditional Chinese 底座
 The pedestal is too small for the statue.
  有所遗漏?报告错误或提出改进建议

WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2025:

复合形式:
英语中文
knock [sb] off their pedestal,
knock [sb] off his pedestal,
knock [sb] off her pedestal
v expr
figurative (humble [sb] who is self-important)SCSimplified Chinese 使某人失去名气
  SCSimplified Chinese 让...掉下神坛
 Losing a game so early in the tournament knocked him off his pedestal.
pedestal table n (table with one central leg)SCSimplified Chinese 独柱桌 dú zhù zhuō
TCTraditional Chinese 單柱桌
put [sb] on a pedestal v expr figurative (idolize [sb])SCSimplified Chinese 把……捧上天
  SCSimplified Chinese 将...视为偶像
 Fred put Miranda on a pedestal; in his eyes she could do no wrong.
  有所遗漏?报告错误或提出改进建议

Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011:

pedestal [ˈpɛdəstl] n [c] 基座 jīzuò
  • to put sb on a pedestal
    把某人当(當)偶像崇拜 bǎ mǒurén dāng ǒuxiàng chóngbài
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