buttress英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.

— It was decided, therefore, to build eight concrete buttresses from the new strengthening work to safeguard the general stability of the wall along the length where the greatest movement had taken place.
Anything that serves to support something; a prop. broadly
A buttress root.
A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.

— Crowell Buttresses, Dismal Buttress
Anything that supports or strengthens. figuratively

— the grand pillar and buttress of the good old cause of nonconformity

动词 v.

To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
To support something or someone by supplying evidence. broadly,figuratively

— Buttressed by elaborate account statements and a deep reservoir of trust from his investors and regulators, Mr. Madoff steered his fraud scheme safely through a severe recession in the early 1990s, a global financial crisis in 1998 and the anxious aftermath of the terrorist attacks in September 2001.

词形变化

buttresses plural buttrice alternative buttresses present,singular,third-person buttressing participle,present buttressed participle,past buttressed past buttrice alternative

词汇关系

衍生词

buttressless buttresslike buttress root flying buttress

词源

词源 1

From Old French ars bouterez (noun, literally “supporting arcs”), from bouterez (adjective), oblique plural of bouteret (rare in the singular), from Frankish *bôtan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to push”). Ultimately cognate with beat.

词源 2

From Old French ars bouterez (noun, literally “supporting arcs”), from bouterez (adjective), oblique plural of bouteret (rare in the singular), from Frankish *bôtan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to push”). Ultimately cognate with beat.