adstruct

词形变化

adstructs 三单 adstructing 现在分词 adstructed 过去式 adstructed 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To improve something by augmentation or supplementation:

    To build on to an existing structure.

    Since my little house will no longer accomodate my growing family, I plan to adstruct it by means of an addition.

  2. 2.

    To improve something by augmentation or supplementation:

    To augment a grouping of things, to add material to a heap.

    I haven't as much dirt in this pile as I would like; I think that I shall adstruct it by shovelling more dirt on top.

  3. 3.

    To provide supportive evidence to the extent that the validity of a proposition is reinforced.

词源

From Latin past participle stem astruct- (“erected”), from verb astruo, from ad (“towards”) + struo (“pile up, build”).

来源：wiktionary