earth pillar

基本解釋

The basic structure of the xylonite houses, which is square and half under the earth. The pillar holes have two circles, four points symmetry and gather together to the center.
其房子的基本結(jié)構(gòu)是方形（有時是不規(guī)整的方形）半地穴木構(gòu)建筑：柱洞常呈回字形分布，四角相對，四角起斜脊向中心聚攏，形成支撐主體結(jié)構(gòu)；
In the light of the sinking theory of earth pillar and earth arch, the new control indexes of base expansion are put forward. It proves to be correct by comparison with practical engineerings.
根據(jù)土柱下沉理論和土拱原理，提出了新的擴底控制指標(biāo)，通過與實際工程的對比，證明是合理的。
The force-bearing features of pillar body, bed course and earth between pillars and the mutual acting force between them are discussed.
從水泥土樁復(fù)合地基的構(gòu)成，對水泥土樁樁身、墊層及樁間土的受力特性及相互作用機理和施工注意事項進行了分析和探討。

Well, the black man has functioned in the white man's world as a fixed star, as an immovable pillar: and as he moves out of his place, heaven and earth are shaken to their foundations.
NPR: An Author's Companion in Rage, Exile and Return

a landform consisting of a column of clay or earth capped and protected from erosion by a boulder