buttress 音标拼音: [b'ʌtrəs]
n . 拱壁,扶壁,支持物
vt . 支持,以扶壁支撑
拱壁,扶壁,支援物支援,以扶壁支撑
buttress n 1 :
a support usually of stone or brick ;
supports the wall of a building [
synonym : {
buttress }, {
buttressing }]
v 1 :
reinforce with a buttress ; "
Buttress the church "
2 :
make stronger or defensible ; "
buttress your thesis "
Buttress \
But "
tress \,
n . [
OE .
butrasse ,
boterace ,
fr .
F .
bouter to push ;
cf .
OF .
bouteret (
nom .
sing .
and acc .
pl .
bouterez )
buttress .
See {
Butt }
an end ,
and cf . {
Butteris }.]
1 . (
Arch .)
A projecting mass of masonry ,
used for resisting the thrust of an arch ,
or for ornament and symmetry .
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Note :
When an external projection is used merely to stiffen a wall ,
it is a pier .
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2 .
Anything which supports or strengthens . "
The ground pillar and buttress of the good old cause of nonconformity ."
--
South .
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{
Flying buttress }.
See {
Flying buttress }.
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Buttress \
But "
tress \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Buttressed } (?);
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Buttressing }.]
To support with a buttress ;
to prop ;
to brace firmly .
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To set it upright again ,
and to prop and buttress it up for duration . --
Burke .
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144 Moby Thesaurus words for "
buttress ":
abutment ,
advocate ,
affirm ,
afford support ,
alpenstock ,
arc -
boutant ,
arm ,
athletic supporter ,
attest ,
authenticate ,
back ,
back up ,
backbone ,
backing ,
bandeau ,
bank ,
beam ,
bear ,
bear out ,
bear up ,
bearer ,
beef up ,
bolster ,
bolster up ,
bra ,
brace ,
brace up ,
bracer ,
bracket ,
brassiere ,
breakwater ,
bulwark ,
buoy up ,
buttress pier ,
buttressing ,
cane ,
carrier ,
carry ,
case harden ,
certify ,
cervix ,
circumstantiate ,
column ,
confirm ,
corroborate ,
corset ,
cradle ,
crook ,
crutch ,
cushion ,
document ,
embankment ,
finance ,
flying buttress ,
fortify ,
foundation garment ,
fulcrum ,
fund ,
gird ,
girdle ,
give support ,
groin ,
guy ,
guywire ,
hanging buttress ,
harden ,
hold ,
hold up ,
invigorate ,
jetty ,
jock ,
jockstrap ,
jutty ,
keep ,
keep afloat ,
keep up ,
lend support ,
mainstay ,
maintain ,
maintainer ,
mast ,
mole ,
neck ,
nerve ,
pier ,
pier buttress ,
pillow ,
probate ,
prop ,
prop up ,
prove ,
rampart ,
ratify ,
refresh ,
reinforce ,
reinforcement ,
reinforcer ,
reinvigorate ,
rest ,
resting place ,
restrengthen ,
retaining wall ,
rigging ,
seawall ,
shore ,
shore up ,
shoulder ,
shroud ,
spine ,
sprit ,
staff ,
standing rigging ,
stave ,
stay ,
steel ,
stick ,
stiffen ,
stiffener ,
strengthen ,
strengthener ,
subsidize ,
substantiate ,
subvention ,
subventionize ,
support ,
supporter ,
sustain ,
sustainer ,
temper ,
toughen ,
underbrace ,
undergird ,
underlie ,
underpin ,
underpinning ,
underset ,
upbear ,
uphold ,
upholder ,
upkeep ,
validate ,
verify ,
walking stick ,
warrant
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