"science eroded the pillars of superstition"
"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"
"he is a pillar of the community"
1.柱；柱子
Apillar is a tall solid structure, which is usually used to support part of a building.
e.g. ...the pillars supporting the roof.
支撑屋顶的柱子
2.（制度、协议等的）支柱，核心
If something is thepillar of a system or agreement, it is the most important part of it or what makes it strong and successful.
e.g. Thepillar of her economic policy was keeping tight control over money supply.
她经济政策的核心是严格控制货币的供应。
e.g. ...the lastpillar of apartheid.
种族隔离制最后的支柱
3.中坚；栋梁；台柱
If you describe someone as apillar of society or as apillar of the community, you approve of them because they play an important and active part in society or in the community.
e.g. My father had been apillar of the community.
我父亲一直是社区的顶梁柱。
e.g. ...well-respected pillars of society.
深受尊重的社会栋梁
1. 支柱：2、以五大支柱(pillar)为核心,遵循一定的步骤(包括整个工厂TPM的推展,及每个支柱的活动),体系化地开展TPM活动;TPM推行中,支柱(pillar)是一个很重要的概念,它是TPM各项改善活动推展的组织者.
2. 柱：该车在技术方面的先进性及挑战性确实令人钦佩,但也有不足之处,而且本田还没有找到解决办法. 为了追求赏心悦目的外观并同时确保冲撞时的安全性能,便要保持车内较大的空间,其结果便是,前面A柱(pillar)产生的弯曲造成了车内的死角.
3. 柱子：這個pier是屬於DuCoMi椰子加工廠的出货码头,建設至今至少20年的历史,分為大小2個pier,但相距只有不到50米,小pier的柱子(pillar)只有10多根,大Pier则有数十根,水深3~18米,每根柱子直徑至少2公尺,滿布各种五颜六色的软珊瑚、海綿、海樹、海鞭及海扇,
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4. 立柱：目前在日本,宇部DIEPREST工艺被多数的大型汽车制造商应用在汽车内饰件的生产中,特别在汽车的门护板(DOOR TRIM)、立柱(pillar)、后衣帽架(REAR TRAY)等贴表皮类成形件生产方面.
I saw, issuing from a squat chimney..a pillar of black smoke.
出自：Jan Morris
