pedestals

英 [ˈpɛdɪstlz]

美 [ˈpɛdəstəlz]

n. (柱子或雕塑等的)底座，基座
pedestal的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT （雕像等的）底座，基座
Apedestalis the base on which something such as a statue stands.
1. ...a larger than life sized bronze statue on a granite pedestal.
  安放在花岗岩底座上的比真人尺寸还要大的青铜雕像
N-COUNT 受崇拜/ 不再受崇拜
If you put someoneonapedestal, you admire them very much and think that they cannot be criticized. If someone is knockedoffapedestalthey are no longer admired.
1. Since childhood, I put my own parents on a pedestal. I felt they could do no wrong...
  从童年起，我就把自己的父母当作偶像崇拜，觉得他们做的一切都是对的。
2. That failure knocked me off my pedestal.
  那次失败将我赶下了神坛。