プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
しちゅう【支柱】
I 〔柱〕a prop
- 2本の丸太を支柱にして塀を支えた
The wall was propped up by two logs.
II 〔支えとなる人〕a support; a prop; a mainstay
- 彼は一家の支柱だ
He is the 「chief support [mainstay] of the family. - 一家の支柱を失った
The family has lost its breadwinner. - 精神的支柱だ
She's my emotional prop [((文))stay].