a tall vertical structure of stone, wood, or metal, used as a support for a building, or as an ornament or monument
柱子,支柱;墩。
something shaped like such a structure
柱状物
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a pillar of smoke. 烟柱。
a solid mass of coal left to support the roof of a mine
煤柱;矿柱。
a person or thing regarded as reliably providing essential support for something
栋梁;台柱;主要支持者
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he was a pillar of his local community. 他是当地社区的台柱。
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from pillar to post from one place to another in an unceremonious or fruitless manner 四处奔走;走投无路;四处碰壁the refugees have been pushed from pillar to post in that area. 难民们在那个地区被推来推去,四处碰壁
"Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French