pedestal
英 ['pedɪst(ə)l]
美 ['pɛdɪstl]
- n. 台座、土台
- vt.台の上に置く；支える；席をつける
語源
台座イタリア語のpiedestallo「台座」、pie「足」（語源的にはfootと同じ）、de「の」、stallo「立つ」（語源的にはstallと同じ）から。
英語の語源
- pedestal (n.)
- 1560s, "base supporting a column, statue, etc.," from Middle French piédestal (1540s), from Italian piedistallo "base of a pillar," from pie "foot" + di "of" + stallo "stall, place, seat," from a Germanic source (see stall (n.1)). Spelling in English influenced by Latin pedem "foot." An Old English word for it was fotstan, literally "foot-stone." Figurative sense of put (someone) on a pedestal "regard as highly admirable" is attested from 1859.
例文
- 1. That failure knocked me off my pedestal .
- その失敗が私を神壇から追い出した。
- 2.At the very top of the steps was a bust of Shakespeare on a pedestal .
- 階段の先端の土台にシェイクスピアの胸像がある。
- 3.Since childhood，I put my own parents on a pedestal .I felt they could do no wrong.
- 子供の頃から、私は自分の両親をアイドルとして崇拝して、彼らのしたことはすべて正しいと思っていました。
- 4.The politician was knocked off his pedestal by his daughter 's statements.
- この政治家は娘の会話のために尊敬されていない。
- 5.She put him on a pedestal ：she would have died for him.
- 彼女は彼を崇拝している：彼女はむしろ彼のために死んだほうがましだ。
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