buttress
- IPA[ˈbʌtrɪs]
英式
- a structure of stone or brick built against a wall to strengthen or support it；a projecting portion of a hill or mountain.
- provide (a building or structure) with buttresses；increase the strength of or justification for; reinforce
verb: buttress, 3rd person present: buttresses, gerund or present participle: buttressing, past tense: buttressed, past participle: buttressed
noun: buttress, plural noun: buttresses
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名詞
- 1. a structure of stone or brick built against a wall to strengthen or support it the cathedral's massive buttresses 同義詞
- ▪ a projecting portion of a hill or mountain.
- 2. a source of defence or support she clung to her shrinking faith as a buttress against despair
動詞
- 1. provide (a building or structure) with buttresses we buttressed the wall as it was showing signs of cracking and collapse
- 2. increase the strength of or justification for; reinforce authority was buttressed by religious belief
- (of a building or structure) strengthened or supported with a buttress: a buttressed wall
Oxford American Dictionary
- (of a building or structure) strengthened or supported with a buttress: a buttressed wall
Oxford Dictionary
- a buttress slanting from a separate pier, typically forming an arch with the wall it supports.
Oxford American Dictionary
- a tree root whose upper, exposed parts project from the trunk like a buttress.
Oxford American Dictionary
- a buttress slanting from a separate column, typically forming an arch with the wall it supports.
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[ˈbətrəs]
美式
- a projecting support of stone or brick built against a wall: the cathedral's massive buttresses
- provide (a building or structure) with projecting supports built against its walls: we buttressed the wall as it was showing signs of cracking and collapse
Oxford American Dictionary
