Pillar
['pɪlə] or ['pɪlɚ]
解释:
(noun.) a fundamental principle or practice; 'science eroded the pillars of superstition'.
(noun.) a prominent supporter; 'he is a pillar of the community'.
录入:萨姆纳--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an ornament.
(n.) Figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay; as, the Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state.
(n.) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
(n.) The center of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
(a.) Having a support in the form of a pillar, instead of legs; as, a pillar drill.
艾格尼丝编辑
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Column (for supporting something), shaft, post.[2]. Prop, support, supporter, maintainer.
黛西手打
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Column, shaft, post, support
编辑:韦斯利
解释:
n. (archit.) a detached support differing from a column in that it is not necessarily cylindrical or of classical proportions: one who or anything that sustains: something resembling a pillar in appearance.—adj. Pill′ared supported by a pillar: having the form of a pillar.—ns. Pill′ar-box a short pillar in a street with receptacle for letters to be sent by post; Pill′arist Pill′ar-saint a person in the early church who crucified the flesh by living on the summit of pillars in the open air a stylite.—From pillar to post from one state of difficulty to another: hither and thither.
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例句:
- The lever and the pulley, lathe s, picks, saws, hammers, bronze operating-lances, sundials, water-clocks, the gnomon (a vertical pillar for determining the sun's altitude) were in use. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- The ruins of Caesar's Palace, Pompey's Pillar, Cleopatra's Needle, the Catacombs, and ruins of ancient Alexandria will be found worth the visit. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- It is erected on a solid masonry pillar 14 by 7 feet at the base, which carries on its top, on trunnions, an oak beam 20 feet long and 12 by 14 inches thick. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- From the portico, from the eaves, from the parapet, from every ledge and post and pillar, drips the thawed snow. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Caliphronas, too startled to speak, stood looking blankly at the Demarch, pale as the marble pillar against which he leaned. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- The handle turned, the door unclosed, and passing through and curtseying low, I looked up at--a black pillar! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Do you take me for a saint on a pillar? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Strap him to that pillar, he shrieked. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- The chair below suddenly creaked again--I felt the trellis-work pillar under me shake from top to bottom. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Bradley Headstone caught hold of a pillar behind him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The chair creaked, and the pillar shook once more. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I leaned upon a pillar and burst into tears. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- The mender of roads, and two hundred and fifty particular friends, stood with folded arms at the fountain, looking at the pillar of fire in the sky. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- The pillar mounting allows of ready removal of chart attachment when it is not desired to use the same. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- But the pillar remained miraculously suspended in the air, and, unsupported itself, supported then and still supports the roof. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Pillars are required under the center of the ice. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- The next thing he demanded was one of the hollow iron pillars; by which he meant my pocket pistols. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- It seems, therefore, not incredible that the region abou t the Pillars of Hercules [Gibraltar] is connected with that of India, and that there is thus only one ocean. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Between these snow-white pillars hung heavy curtains of azure tint, embroidered with bizarre figures in yellow silk. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- She had taken a crayon from the tutor's desk, and was drawing little leaves, fragments of pillars, broken crosses, on the margin of the book. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Here, in a new shrine--in a hall inlaid with precious stones, under a roof supported by pillars of gold--the moon-god was set up and worshipped. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Some of the larger buildings had corners knocked off; pillars cut in two; cornices smashed; holes driven straight through the walls. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- These pillars are small, and doubtless the edifices they adorned were distinguished more for elegance than grandeur. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- The trunks remain still and firm as pillars, while the boughs sway to every breeze. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Iron gates between granite pillars showed me where to enter, and passing through them, I found myself at once in the twilight of close-ranked trees. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- The two vertical strokes are thought to represent the Pillars of Hercules, which were stamped upon the coin itself. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- They have twelve small pillars, in St. Peter's, which came from Solomon's Temple. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- The ancients considered the Pillars of Hercules the head of navigation and the end of the world. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- This old dried-up reservoir is occupied by a few ghostly silk-spinners now, and one of them showed me a cross cut high up in one of the pillars. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- The portals of the great western front are bisected by square pillars. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
手打:珀西瓦尔