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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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Jacob set a pillar upon her grave. --Gen. xxxv. 20. [1913 Webster] The place . . . vast and proud, Supported by a hundred pillars stood. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] By day a cloud, by night a pillar of fire. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. (R. C. Ch.) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church. [Obs.] --Skelton. [1913 Webster] 4. (Man.) The center of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] 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 Pillar
used to support a building (Judg. 16:26, 29); as a trophy or memorial (Gen. 28:18; 35:20; Ex. 24:4; 1 Sam. 15:12, A.V., "place," more correctly "monument," or "trophy of victory," as in 2 Sam. 18:18); of fire, by which the Divine Presence was manifested (Ex. 13:2). The "plain of the pillar" in Judg. 9:6 ought to be, as in the Revised Version, the "oak of the pillar", i.e., of the monument or stone set up by Joshua (24:26).
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