pillar

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n. 柱子, 栋梁, 台柱, 重要的支持者 [医] 柱, 脚

发音

UK /ˈpɪlə/
US /ˈpɪlɚ/
IN /ˈpɪllə(r)/

词形变化

pillars 复数 pillars pillared pillaring pillars 三单 pillaring 现在分词 pillared 过去式 pillared 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

柱子，柱形物；栋梁；墩

动词

用柱支持

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A large post, often used as supporting architecture.

    柱子

    支柱

    建筑
  2. 2.

    Something resembling such a structure.

    a pillar of smoke

  3. 3.

    An essential part of something that provides support.

    栋梁

    中流砥柱

    比喻

    He's a pillar of the community.

  4. 4.

    A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.

    宗教
  5. 5.

    The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.

  6. 6.

    The body from the hips over the core to the shoulders.

    体育
  7. 7.

    A vertical, often spire-shaped, natural rock formation.

    地质
v.
  1. 1.

    To provide with pillars or added strength as if from pillars.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

tower column mainstay

上位词 10

friend form rule shape champion construction structure principle upright vertical

下位词 10

pile atlas piling obelisk hoodoo caryatid columella newel pilaster spile

部分词 9

capital cap shaft pedestal chapiter entasis footstall plinth scape

整体词 1

temple

相关短语

pillar box n. 邮筒, 信筒 pillar of the community pillar block pillar blocks pillar harp pillar harps pillar boxes (pillar-box 的复数) n. 邮筒, 信筒 pillar candle pillar candles pillar of society pillar drill pillar drills pillar telephone pillar telephones pillar and stall

词源

From Middle English piler, from Old French pilier, from Medieval Latin or Vulgar Latin *pilāre (“a pillar”), from Latin pila (“a pillar, pier, mole”).

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