| 单词 | buttress |
| 释义 | buttress['bʌtris]n. 拱壁, 扶壁, 支持物vt. 支持, 以扶壁支撑【医】 拱托; 蹄心增厚(马) buttress but.tress AHD: [b¾t“r¹s] D.J. [6bJtr!s]K.K. [6bJtr!s]n.（名词）1. A structure, usually brick or stone, built against a wall for support or reinforcement.扶壁，撑墙：用于支撑或加固墙壁的通常由砖块或石头砌成的一种结构2. Something resembling a buttress, as:肋状物：某些类似于肋的东西，如：3. The flared base of certain tree trunks.某种树干的加固基4. A horny growth on the heel of a horse's hoof.马蹄底部的角质层5. Something that serves to support, prop, or reinforce:支撑物：某些用于支撑、维持或加固的东西：“The law is by its very nature a buttress of the status quo”(&b{J. William Fulbright})“法律就其本质来说是对现状的维持”(J.威廉·富布赖特)v.tr.（及物动词） but.tressed,but.tress.ing,but.tress.es 1. To support or reinforce with a buttress.支撑：用支撑物支撑或加固2. To sustain, prop, or bolster:维持，支持，支撑：“The author buttresses her analysis with lengthy dissections of several of Moore's poems”(&b{Warren Woessner})“作者用对莫尔的几首诗的冗长剖析来支持她的分析”(沃伦·韦斯纳)语源:1. Middle English buteras 中古英语 buteras 2. from Old French bouterez 源自 古法语 bouterez 3. from bouter [to strike against] 源自 bouter [反击，反抗] 4. [of Germanic origin] * see bhau- [源于日耳曼语的] *参见 bhau- |
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