idol
noun /ˈaɪdl/
/ˈaɪdl/
- a person or thing that is loved and admired very much
受到热爱和崇拜的人（或物）；偶像 - a pop/teen idol
流行/青少年偶像 - the idol of countless teenagers
无数青少年崇拜的偶像 - He has been my idol since I was a child.
他从小就是我的偶像。 - a fallen idol (= somebody who is no longer popular)
陨落的明星
Homophones idle | idolidle idol/ˈaɪdl//ˈaɪdl/- idle adjective
- They haven't been idle since their first success—they still work hard.
自从第一次成功后，他们没有闲着——他们仍然努力工作。
- They haven't been idle since their first success—they still work hard.
- idol noun
- His bedroom is plastered with pictures of his screen idol Grace Kelly.
他的卧室贴满了他的银幕偶像格蕾丝·凯利的照片。
- His bedroom is plastered with pictures of his screen idol Grace Kelly.
Topics Feelingsc1- She is still my biggest idol.
她依然是我最崇拜的偶像。 - She'd always wanted to meet her idol.
她一直向往着面见她的偶像。 - The film made an idol of her.
这部电影将她捧成了明星。 - a matinee idol of a bygone era
一个逝去时代的妇女戏剧偶像 - her screen idol, Marilyn Monroe
她的银幕偶像玛丽莲・梦露
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- pop
- rock
- sports
- …
- make (somebody)
- emulate
- imitate
- …
- a pop/teen idol
- (often disapproving) a statue that is worshipped as a god
神像
词源Middle English: from Old French idole, from Latin idolum ‘image, form’ (used in ecclesiastical Latin in the sense ‘idol’), from Greek eidōlon, from eidos ‘form, shape’.