pillar
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 柱子，栋梁，台柱，重要的支持者
演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English piler, from Old French pilier, from Medieval Latin or Vulgar Latin *pilāre (“a pillar”), from Latin pila (“a pillar, pier, mole”). Displaced native Old English sweor (“pillar, column”) and Old English stapol.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (architecture) A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
- Something resembling such a structure.
- (figuratively) An essential part of something that provides support.
- (Roman Catholicism) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
- The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
- (bodybuilding) The body