a square column, 1570s, from Middle French pilastre (1540s), from Italian pilastro, from Medieval Latin pilastrum (mid-14c.), from pila, "buttress, pile" (from Latin pila, see pillar) + Latin -aster, suffix "expressing incomplete resemblance" [Barnhart].
权威例句
1. Drag onto the page, then right - click to specify pilaster parameters.
拖到绘图页上, 然后右击以指定壁柱参数.
2. Place over a wall section. Pilaster parameters can be specified.
放在墙壁段上. 可指定壁柱参数.
3. The pilaster and the wall between windows were strengthened with the enclosure steel method.
加固壁柱和窗间墙采用外包钢加固法,加固屋面梁采用粘钢加固法.
4. Drag onto the page and place against walls at corner joint. Right - click to specify pilaster parameters.