pedestal 音标拼音: [p'ɛdəstəl]
n . 基架,座,基础
vt . 加座,搁在台上,支持
基架,座,基础加座,搁在台上,支援
pedestal 消隐脉冲电平;基座
pedestal n 1 :
a support or foundation ; "
the base of the lamp " [
synonym :
{
base }, {
pedestal }, {
stand }]
2 :
a position of great esteem (
and supposed superiority ); "
they put him on a pedestal "
3 :
an architectural support or base (
as for a column or statue )
[
synonym : {
pedestal }, {
plinth }, {
footstall }]
Pedestal \
Ped "
es *
tal \,
n . [
Sp .
pedestal ;
cf .
F .
pi ['
e ]
destal ,
It .
piedestallo ;
fr .
L .
es ,
pedis ,
foot OHG .
stal standing place ,
station ,
place ,
akin to E .
stall .
See {
Foot },
and {
Stall },
and {
Footstall }.]
1 . (
Arch .)
The base or foot of a column ,
statue ,
vase ,
lamp ,
or the like ;
the part on which an upright work stands .
It consists of three parts ,
the base ,
the die or dado ,
and the cornice or surbase molding .
See Illust .
of {
Column }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Build him a pedestal ,
and say , "
Stand there !"
--
Cowper .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Hence :
A short free -
standing column or column -
like object designed to support a work of art or other object ;
a column serving the same function as the base of a statue .
It may be made of wood ,
marble ,
or other suitable material .
[
PJC ]
3 . (
Furniture )
A part of a desk which contains a frame and drawers ,
stands on the floor ,
and provides support for the desk surface .
There may be zero ,
one ,
or two such pedestals in a desk .
[
PJC ]
4 .
(
a ) (
Railroad Cars )
A casting secured to the frame of a truck and forming a jaw for holding a journal box .
(
b ) (
Mach .)
A pillow block ;
a low housing .
(
c ) (
Bridge Building )
An iron socket ,
or support ,
for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Pedestal coil } (
steam Heating ),
a group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another , --
used in a radiator .
[
1913 Webster ]
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "
pedestal ":
aggrandize ,
apotheosize ,
baluster ,
balustrade ,
banister ,
base ,
caryatid ,
colonnade ,
column ,
dado ,
deify ,
die ,
dignify ,
elevate ,
ennoble ,
exalt ,
foot ,
footstalk ,
foundation ,
glorify ,
honor ,
idolize ,
jack ,
magnify ,
mounting ,
newel -
post ,
pedicel ,
peduncle ,
pier ,
pilaster ,
pile ,
piling ,
pillar ,
platform ,
plinth ,
pole ,
post ,
queen -
post ,
raise ,
revere ,
shaft ,
socle ,
staff ,
stalk ,
stanchion ,
stand ,
standard ,
stem ,
subbase ,
sublime ,
substructure ,
support ,
surbase ,
trunk ,
upright ,
uproar ,
worship
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