buttress
英['bʌtrɪs]美['bʌtrəs]
- n. 扶壁；拱壁；支撑物
- vt. 支持；以扶壁支撑
词态变化
复数: buttresses;第三人称单数: buttresses;过去式: buttressed;过去分词: buttressed;现在分词: buttressing;
中文词源
buttress 支墩
来自butt, 相撞，相接。-ess, 通常为阴性后缀，此处为名词后缀，见largess, 慷慨。
英文词源
- buttress (n.)
- early 14c., from Old French (arc) botrez "flying buttress," apparently from bouter "to thrust against," of Frankish origin (compare Old Norse bauta "to strike, beat"), from Proto-Germanic *butan, from PIE root *bhau- "to strike" (see butt (v.)).
- buttress (v.)
- late 14c., literal and figurative, from buttress (n.). Related: Buttressed; buttressing.
双语例句
- 1. He sought to buttress some of his arguments with quotations from Mein Kampf.
- 他引用《我的奋斗》中的语录来论证自己的观点。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She would continue, faithful and reliable, to buttress up Miss Bulstrode's successor.
- 她会继续干下去, 忠心而可靠, 给接替布尔斯特罗德小姐的人以支持.
来自辞典例句
- 3. The massive - head buttress dam has some attractive features for certain locations.
- 大头支墩坝对于某些地区仍有其值得注意的特色.
来自辞典例句
- 4. I don't think they have any buttress behind them.
- 我认为他们背后没有什么支持力量.
来自辞典例句
- 5. In the 1980 s this concept was used to buttress several so - called sectoral reciprocity proposals.
- 80年代这一原则曾被用来支持几个 所谓 部分互惠建议.
来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件