idol
/ˈaɪdəl/noun
1- an image or representation of a god used as an object of worship(供膜拜的)神像, 偶像。
1.1
- a person or thing that is greatly admired, loved, or revered受崇拜的对象, 偶像:
a soccer idol.
足球偶像。
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'.