英语词汇“buttress”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

but·tress

(bŭtrĭs)

1. A structure, usually brick or stone, built against a wall for support or reinforcement.

2. Something resembling a buttress, as:

a. The flared base of certain tree trunks.

b. A horny growth on the heel of a horse's hoof.

3. Something that serves to support, prop, or reinforce:"The law is by its very nature a buttress of the status quo"(J. William Fulbright).

tr.v.but·tressed, but·tress·ing, but·tress·es

1. To support or reinforce with a buttress.

2. To sustain, prop, or bolster:"The author buttresses her analysis with lengthy dissections of several of Moore's poems"(Warren Woessner).

[Middle Englishbuteras, fromOld Frenchbouterez, frombouter, to strike against, of Germanic origin; see bhau- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

buttress

top: buttressed wall of the Savino-Storozhersky Monastery

Zvenigorod, Russia

bottom: buttresses of a tree in a Costa Rican rainforest

单词	buttress
释义	but·tress (bŭtrĭs) n. 1. A structure, usually brick or stone, built against a wall for support or reinforcement. 2. Something resembling a buttress, as: a. The flared base of certain tree trunks. b. A horny growth on the heel of a horse's hoof. 3. Something that serves to support, prop, or reinforce:"The law is by its very nature a buttress of the status quo"(J. William Fulbright). tr.v.but·tressed, but·tress·ing, but·tress·es 1. To support or reinforce with a buttress. 2. To sustain, prop, or bolster:"The author buttresses her analysis with lengthy dissections of several of Moore's poems"(Warren Woessner). [Middle Englishbuteras, fromOld Frenchbouterez, frombouter, to strike against, of Germanic origin; see bhau- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] buttress top: buttressed wall of the Savino-Storozhersky Monastery Zvenigorod, Russia bottom: buttresses of a tree in a Costa Rican rainforest
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