| 单词 | pillar |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['pilə] |
| 解释 | n.柱子 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 柱子 (a tall upright round post) 【考】 frieze : ornament / pillar : support / stockade : enclosure(横饰带用来装饰/柱 子用来支撑/栅栏用来 包围)colonnade : pillar / queue : person(柱子组成柱廊/人组 成队列)反义词：derelict(废 物)-pillar of society(社会栋梁) |
| 字源 | pillar (n.) c.1200, from Old French piler "pillar, column, pier" (12c., Modern French pilier) and directly from Medieval Latin pilare, from Latin pila "pillar, stone barrier." Figurative sense of "prop or support of an institution or community" is first recorded early 14c. Phrase pillar to post is c.1600, originally of tennis, exact meaning obscure. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 柱子 = column; 栋梁(占据中心负责职位的人) 【类】frieze: ornament = pillar: support = stockade: enclosure横饰带用来装饰 = 柱子用来支撑 = 栅栏用来包围colonnade: pillar = queue: person柱子组成柱廊 = 人组成队列 【反】derelict(n 流浪者)－pillar of society(社会栋梁) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】源自pile 桩子 + er东西 |
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