(noun.) a rectangular column that usually projects about a third of its width from the wall to which it is attached.
海耶斯校对
双语例句
Just below the end of the second, going down, the stone wall on the left terminates in an ornamental pilaster facing towards the Thames. 查尔斯·狄更斯.雾都孤儿.
As no ladders could reach the great heights, the men swung themselves down from balustrades and the capitals of pilasters by ropes, to do this work. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.