pier

pier的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [piə]
KK音标发音： [pɪr]

pier的词性：
n.（名词）

1. A platform extending from a shore over water and supported by piles or pillars, used to secure, protect, and provide access to ships or boats.
桥墩，墩：从河岸延伸至水面以上的平台，由桩或柱子支撑，用来给船或艇保证安全、保护和提供通道

2. Such a structure used predominantly for entertainment.
装饰墩：主要用于娱乐的那种结构

3. A supporting structure at the junction of connecting spans of a bridge.
凸式码头：在桥相连的交叉点的支持建筑物

4. Architecture Any of various vertical supporting structures, especially:
【建筑学】 一种直立的支撑结构，尤指

5. A pillar, rectangular in cross section, supporting an arch or roof.
支柱：交叉处的长方形柱子，支撑一个拱顶或屋顶

6. The portion of a wall between windows.
窗间墙：窗和窗之间的墙体

7. A reinforcing structure that projects from a wall; a buttress.
扶壁，扶垛：从墙上突出的一种加固结构；支墩

pier的词源：

8. Middle English per [bridge support]
中古英语 per [桥撑]

9. partly from Norman French pere, piere from Old French puiere [a support] from puie [support] from puier [to support] from Vulgar Latin *podi3re from Latin podium [platform] * see podium
部分源自 诺曼法语 pere, piere 源自 古法语 puiere [支撑物] 源自 puie [支撑] 源自 puier [支撑] 源自 俗拉丁语 *podi3re 源自 拉丁语 podium [平台] *参见 podium

10. and partly from Medieval Latin pera from Old North French pire, piere [breakwater] possibly from Latin petra [rock] from Greek
并且部分源自 中世纪拉丁语 pera 源自 古法国北方方言 pire, piere [防波堤] 可能源自 拉丁语 petra [岩石] 源自 希腊语