pylon

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpaɪ.lən/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
  2. A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables.
    — The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.
  3. A tall steel or concrete tower from which cables are strung.
  4. A lighting mast; a freestanding support for floodlights.
  5. A structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage.
  6. A starting derrick for an aeroplane. historical
  7. A post, tower, etc. as on an aerodrome, or flying ground, serving to bound or mark a prescribed course of flight. historical
  8. An obelisk.
    — The Washington Monument is often described as an obelisk, and sometimes even as a “true obelisk,” even though it is not. A true obelisk is a monolith, a pylon formed out of a single piece of stone.
  9. A traffic cone.
  10. An orange marker designating one of the four corners of the end zone in American football.
  11. An ineffective, useless player. derogatory
    — The defensemen have been total pylons tonight!
  12. A rigid prosthesis for the lower leg.
    — McKenzie uses a pylon for all above knee amputees, and orders a permanent leg when function merits it.

词形变化

pylons plural

词汇关系

衍生词
anchor pylon electricity pylon pylonless pylonlike pylon poet pylon sign pylon turn tetrapylon

词源

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πυλών (pulṓn, “gateway”).
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