pillar
美[ˈpɪlɚ] 网络柱；支柱；柱子；墩
1 . She strove to read the name on the stone pillar .
她费劲地读着石柱上的名字。
来自柯林斯例句
2 . He was a pillar of the club for over thirty years.
30多年来他一直是这个俱乐部的顶梁柱.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3 . There is a pillar box at the street corner.
胡同拐角处有个邮筒.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4 . Some people enjoy that kind of life, drifting from pillar to post.
有些人喜欢这种生活, 到处漂泊游荡.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5 . He dropped the letter into the pillar - box.
他把信丢进邮筒内.
来自《简明英汉词典》
1.a fundamental principle or practice;
science eroded the pillars of superstition
2.anything tall and thin approximating the shape of a column or tower;
the test tube held a column of white powder
3.a prominent supporter;
he is a pillar of the community
4.a vertical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (as a monument or a column of air)
5.(architeture) a tall cylindrical vertical upright and used to support a structure