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pillar    音标拼音: [p'ɪlɚ]
n. 柱子,支柱,台柱,纪念柱,栋梁

柱子,支柱,台柱,纪念柱,栋梁

pillar
柱;导柱

pillar
n 1: a fundamental principle or practice; "science eroded the
pillars of superstition"
2: anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower;
"the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of
dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke
betrayed their campsite" [synonym: {column}, {tower}, {pillar}]
3: a prominent supporter; "he is a pillar of the community"
[synonym: {pillar}, {mainstay}]
4: a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not
supporting anything (such as a monument) [synonym: {column},
{pillar}]
5: (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing
upright and used to support a structure [synonym: {column},
{pillar}]

Pillar \Pil"lar\, a. (Mach.)
Having a support in the form of a pillar, instead of legs;
as, a pillar drill.
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Pillar \Pil"lar\, n. [OE. pilerF. pilier, LL. pilare, pilarium,
pilarius, fr. L. pila a pillar. See {Pile} a heap.]
1. 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.
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Jacob set a pillar upon her grave. --Gen. xxxv.
20.
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The place . . . vast and proud,
Supported by a hundred pillars stood. --Dryden.
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2. 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. "You
are a well-deserving pillar." --Shak.
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By day a cloud, by night a pillar of fire. --Milton.
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3. (R. C. Ch.) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried
before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the
church. [Obs.] --Skelton.
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4. (Man.) The center of the volta, ring, or manege ground,
around which a horse turns.
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{From pillar to post}, hither and thither; to and fro; from
one place or predicament to another; backward and forward.
[Colloq.]

{Pillar saint}. See {Stylite}.

{Pillars of the fauces}. See {Fauces}, 1.
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152 Moby Thesaurus words for "pillar":
antenna tower, arcade, arch, atlas, backbone, baluster, balustrade,
banister, barbican, barrel, barrow, base, bedrock, belfry,
bell tower, bole, boundary stone, brass, bust, cairn, campanile,
caryatid, cask, cenotaph, champion, colonnade, colonnette,
colossus, column, cromlech, cross, cup, cupola, cyclolith,
cylinder, cylindroid, dado, defender, derrick, die, dolmen, dome,
drum, fire tower, footstalk, footstone, foundation, grave,
gravestone, headstone, hoarstone, inscription, jack, lantern,
leader, lighthouse, mainstay, marker, martello, martello tower,
mast, mausoleum, megalith, memento, memorial, memorial arch,
memorial column, memorial statue, memorial stone, menhir, minaret,
monolith, monument, mound, necrology, newel-post, obelisk,
obituary, observation tower, pagoda, patron, patroness, pedestal,
pedicel, peduncle, peristyle, pier, pilaster, pile, piling,
pinnacle, pipe, plaque, plinth, pole, portico, post, prize, prop,
protector, protectress, pylon, pyramid, queen-post, reliquary,
remembrance, ribbon, rock, roll, roller, rostral column, rouleau,
safekeeper, shaft, shrine, sinews, skyscraper, socle, spire, staff,
stalk, stanchion, stand, standard, standpipe, steeple, stela, stem,
stone, stupa, subbase, supporter, surbase, tablet, telamon,
television mast, testimonial, tomb, tombstone, tope, tour, tower,
tower of strength, trophy, trunk, tube, turret, upholder, upright,
water tower, windmill tower, worthy


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