buttress

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n. 拱壁, 扶壁, 支持物 vt. 支持, 以扶壁支撑

发音

UK /ˈbʌtɹəs/
其它
US /ˈbʌtɹɪs/

词形变化

buttresses 复数 buttresses buttressed buttresses 三单 buttressing buttressing 现在分词 buttressed 过去式 buttressed 过去分词

别名

buttrice

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.

    建筑
  2. 2.

    Anything that serves to support something; a prop.

    引申义
  3. 3.

    A buttress root.

    生物 植物学
  4. 4.

    A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.

    体育

    Crowell Buttresses, Dismal Buttress

  5. 5.

    Anything that supports or strengthens.

    比喻
v.
  1. 1.

    To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.

  2. 2.

    To support something or someone by supplying evidence.

    比喻 引申义

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

support

下位词 2

arc-boutant flying buttress
动词

上位词 5

strengthen reinforce fortify beef up re-enforce

相关短语

buttress root buttress roots flying buttress n. 拱扶垛, 飞拱

词源

From Old French ars bouterez (noun, literally “supporting arcs”), from bouterez (adjective), oblique plural of bouteret (rare in the singular), from Frankish *bôtan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to push”). Ultimately cognate with beat.

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