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.
Originidol
(1200-1300)Old Frenchidole, from Greekeidolon“image, idol”
ADJECTIVE | VERB + IDOLADJECTIVE➤pop, rock, sports, etc.流行音樂、搖滾樂、體育等偶像▸➤film, movie, screen電影明星;銀幕偶像◇her screen idol, Marilyn Monroe她的銀幕偶像瑪麗蓮・夢露➤matinee女影迷的偶像◇a matinee idol of a bygone era一個逝去時代的婦女戲劇偶像➤teen, teenage青少年崇拜的偶像◇By this time Pitt had become a teenage idol.皮特此時已經成為青少年的偶像了。➤boyhood, childhood男孩時期的/童年時期的偶像➤big, great, huge大明星;偉大的偶像;超級偶像◇She is still my biggest idol.她依然是我最崇拜的偶像。➤false偽偶像◇Superheroes are false idols.超級英雄只是偽偶像。➤fallen人氣不再的偶像◇Many fallen idols blame anyone but themselves for their downfall.很多風光不再的偶像把過氣的原因歸咎於別人,而不是自己。VERB + IDOL➤make (sb)(把某人)當作偶像;使(某人)成為偶像◇Teenagers made Dean their idol.青少年把迪安奉為偶像。◇The movie made an idol of her.那部影片使她成了偶像。➤emulate, imitate仿效/模仿偶像◇kids trying to emulate their idols試圖效仿偶像的孩子們➤meet面見偶像◇She'd always wanted to meet her idol.她一直向往着面見她的偶像。