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banister 音标拼音: [b'ænɪstɚ] n. 栏杆的支柱,楼梯的扶栏 栏杆的支柱,楼梯的扶栏 banister n 1: a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling [synonym: {bannister}, {banister}, {balustrade}, {balusters}, {handrail}] Baluster \Bal"us*ter\, n. [F. balustre, It. balaustro, fr. L. balaustium the flower of the wild pomegranate, fr. Gr. balay`stion; -- so named from the similarity of form.] (Arch.) A small column or pilaster, used as a support to the rail of an open parapet, to guard the side of a staircase, or the front of a gallery. See {Balustrade}. [Corrupted into {banister}.] [1913 Webster] Banister \Ban"is*ter\, n. [A corruption of baluster.] 1. A baluster. [1913 Webster] 2. (sing. or pl.) The balustrade of a staircase. Formerly used in this sense mostly in the plural, now mostly in the singular. [Also spelled {bannister}.] [1913 Webster PJC] He struggled to ascend the pulpit stairs, holding hard on the banisters. --Sir W. Scott. 48 Moby Thesaurus words for "banister": Samson post, baluster, balustrade, base, caryatid, colonnade, column, dado, die, doorjamb, doorpost, footstalk, gatepost, hitching post, jack, jamb, king post, milepost, mullion, newel-post, pedestal, pedicel, peduncle, pier, pilaster, pile, piling, pillar, plinth, pole, post, queen-post, rail, shaft, signpost, snubbing post, socle, staff, stalk, stanchion, stand, standard, stem, stile, subbase, surbase, trunk, upright
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