idol
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++i·dol /ˈaɪdl/ ●○○ noun [countable] 1 ADMIREsomeone or something that you love or admire very much 偶像 SYN heroidol of She is the idol of countless teenagers. 她是无数青少年的偶像。 She had made an idol of her husband. 她把丈夫当成了偶像。 a pop idol 流行乐偶像2. RRa picture or statue that is worshipped as a god 神像 → effigy
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idol• Muhammad Ali was my idol when I was a boy.• You know I have long been troubled by two different features of that mysterious idol.• But the emotional response to his death has gone beyond the standard mourning of a pop idol.• Jones continues to be a major pop idol.• Chakras connected by copper wire leading to the head of the idol.• The former President, once the idol of the nation, now leads a quiet life in the countryside.• He held the syringe with its end close to the idol and pulled the piston out sharply.• You know that we chemists here have all been baffled by the apparently limitless energy which the idol emits slowly but steadily?pop idol• But the emotional response to his death has gone beyond the standard mourning of a pop idol.• They're to appear at Oxford's Appolo theatre with fifties pop idol Russ Conway.• They knew we'd been talking to their pop idols and they just wanted to touch us.Origin idol (1200-1300) Old French idole, from Greek eidolon “image, idol”i·dol nounChineseSyllable
very something love or Corpus admire you that or someone
idol
i‧dol /ˈaɪdl/
noun [countable]
SYN hero
idol of
She is the idol of countless teenagers.
She had made an idol of her husband.
a pop idol
2. a picture or statue that is worshipped as a god ⇨ effigy
▪ god a male spirit or being who is believed by some religions to control the world or part of it, or who represents a particular quality: Odin was the Viking god of war.
▪goddess a female god: Artemis, the Greek goddess of the moon
▪deity a god. Deity is more formal than god: a Hindu deity | Roman deities | the Supreme Deity
▪idol a picture or statue that people pray to as a god: a bronze idol
i‧dol /ˈaɪdl/
noun [countable] Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: idole, from Greek eidolon 'image, idol'
1. someone or something that you love or admire very much Language: Old French
Origin: idole, from Greek eidolon 'image, idol'
SYN hero
idol of
2. a picture or statue that is worshipped as a god ⇨ effigy
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