pedal stool

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A stool with vertical foot levers that attach to the pedals of a piano, organ, or similar instrument, thereby assisting children and other players who cannot reach the pedals normally.
    — A pedal-stool having an opening in its rear side to clear the piano-pedals.
  2. malapropism of pedestal. nonstandard
    — ‘I looked up to him, you know. I put him on a pedal stool.’

词形变化

pedal stools plural pedal-stool alternative pedal-stool alternative

词源

词源 1
pedal + stool
词源 2
Mishearing owing to homeophony (compare pedestal: pĕʹdəstəl with pedal stool: pĕʹdəl.sto͞ol).
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