baluster

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbaləstə/    美 /ˈbæləstɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A short column used in a group to support a rail, as commonly found on the side of a stairway or around a balcony.
    — The two Posternes were answerable to those of others set downe before: and were cut out of the two round Towers which riz vp in proportionable measures, from the ground on the foreside with battlements and Ballisters round enclosing the tops, containing in all their heights — foote:

词形变化

balusters plural ballister alternative,obsolete balluster alternative,obsolete balustre alternative,Commonwealth

词源

Borrowed from Middle French balustre, from Italian balaustro (“pillar”), from balausta, balaustio (“wild pomegranate flower”), from Latin balaustium, from Ancient Greek βαλαύστιον (balaústion), from Semitic (compare Classical Syriac ܒܠܳܨܳܐ (blāṣā, “pomegranate shoot”)). Doublet of banister.
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