pier
Word family nounpieragepierheadpier
Water, Construction
pier /pɪə $ pɪr/ ●○○ noun [countableC] → peer1 
TTWa structure that is built over and into the water so that boats can stop next to it or people can walk along it 〔伸向海中的〕突堤码头，凸式码头
TTWa structure that is built over and into the water so that boats can stop next to it or people can walk along it 〔伸向海中的〕突堤码头，凸式码头 a yacht moored at a pier
停在码头的一艘游艇
strolling along Brighton Pier
在布赖顿码头散步
2. TBCa thick stone, wooden, or metal post that is used to support something 墩，支柱
Examples from the Corpus
pier• The cruise boards at 7 p.m. at Pier 33.• Inside the church, where the lighting is subdued but not dim, the central dome is supported on eight piers.• He stood with the others on the great stone pier.• They had applauded him on the pier.• The green car was behind them on the pier, in the third line of queuing cars.• Time, weather, and long neglect had taken the piers beyond dilapidation.• He said he had managed to swim under the pier and had found a ledge.• The pier was filled with hundreds of people.
(1100-1200) Medieval Latin pera