Pillar



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 柱子
• ［英］ n. 柱子 ( a tall upright round post)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English piler, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin pilare, from Latin pila
• Date: 13th century
• 1.
  • a. a firm upright support for a superstructure ; post
  • b. a usually ornamental column or shaft; especially one standing alone for a monument
• 2.
  • a. a supporting, integral, or upstanding member or part zuoxiea ~ of societyyouxie
  • b. a fundamental precept zuoxiethe five ~s of Islamyouxie
• 3. a solid mass of coal, rock, or ore left standing to support a mine roof
• 4. a body part that resembles a column
• ? ~less adjective

II. transitive verb

• Date: 1607
• to provide or strengthen with or as if with ~s

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