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- 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。
- 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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc1She 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- pop
- rock
- sports
- …
- make (somebody)
- emulate
- imitate
- …
- (often disapproving)
a statue that is worshipped as a god 神像
Word OriginMiddle 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’.