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buttress 音標拼音: [b'ʌtrəs] n. 拱壁,扶壁,支持物
vt. 支持,以扶壁支撐 拱壁,扶壁,支援物支援,以扶壁支撐 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. [ 1913 Webster] Note: When an external projection is used merely to stiffen a wall, it is a pier. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Anything which supports or strengthens. " The ground pillar and buttress of the good old cause of nonconformity." -- South. [ 1913 Webster] { Flying buttress}. See { Flying buttress}. [ 1913 Webster]
Buttress \ But" tress\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Buttressed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. { Buttressing}.] To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly. [ 1913 Webster] To set it upright again, and to prop and buttress it up for duration. -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster] 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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