| 单词 | counterfort |
| 释义 | counterfort /kown"teuhr fawrt', -fohrt'/, n. 1. a buttress, esp. one for strengthening a basement wall against the pressure of earth. 2. a cantilevered weight, as in a retaining wall, having the form of a pier built on the side of the material to be retained. [1580-90; partial trans. of MF contrefort, equiv. to contre COUNTER- + fort strength (deriv. of fort (adj.) strong)] |
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