pillar
/ˈpɪlə(r)/noun
1- a tall vertical structure of stone, wood, or metal, used as a support for a building, or as an ornament or monument柱子, 支柱; 墩。
1.1
- something shaped like such a structure柱状物：
a pillar of smoke.
烟柱。
1.2
- a solid mass of coal left to support the roof of a mine煤柱; 矿柱。
1.3
- a person or thing regarded as reliably providing essential support for something栋梁; 台柱; 主要支持者：
he was a pillar of his local community.
他是当地社区的台柱。
短语
from pillar to post
- from one place to another in an unceremonious or fruitless manner四处奔走; 走投无路; 四处碰壁：
the refugees have been pushed from pillar to post in that area.
难民们在那个地区被推来推去, 四处碰壁。
派生词
pillared
adjectivepillaret
noun词源
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French piler, based on Latin pila 'pillar'.