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pil.larH5pIl7E5, $-Ln [C]a strong column made of stone, metal or wood which supports part of a building, or something generally of this shape柱子,柱状物Reinforced concrete pillars support the bridge.加固了的水泥柱支撑着大桥。The overhanging first storey rests on a row of pillars.突出的二楼建在一排柱子上。a pillar of smoke/flame烟/火柱(fig.) Freda is a pillar (= an active and important member) of society/of the community/of the chess club.弗丽达是社会/社团/象棋俱乐部的核心人物。If someone or something goes from pillar to post, they are forced to go repeatedly from one place to another.四处奔走My parents were always on the move -- my childhood was spent being dragged from pillar to post.我父母经常搬家,我的童年是在不停地被从一个地方带到另一个地方中度过的。(Br) A pillar-box is a type of POSTBOX found in the street. It looks like a large tube about one and a half metres high, and in Britain is a bright red, sometimes called pillar-box red.信筒"The Seven Pillars of Wisdom" (title of a book by T. E. Lawrence, 1926)《智慧的七根柱子》 (T·E·劳伦斯的一本书名)
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