英语单词

buttress是什么意思

buttress

英 ['bʌtrɪs] 美 ['bʌtrəs]
  • n. 扶壁;拱壁;支撑物
  • vt. 支持;以扶壁支撑

中文词源


buttress 支墩

来自butt, 相撞,相接。-ess, 通常为阴性后缀,此处为名词后缀,见largess, 慷慨。

英文词源


buttress (n.)
early 14c., from Old French (arc) botrez "flying buttress," apparently from bouter "to thrust against," of Frankish origin (compare Old Norse bauta "to strike, beat"), from Proto-Germanic *butan, from PIE root *bhau- "to strike" (see butt (v.)).
buttress (v.)
late 14c., literal and figurative, from buttress (n.). Related: Buttressed; buttressing.

双语例句


1. He sought to buttress some of his arguments with quotations from Mein Kampf.
他引用《我的奋斗》中的语录来论证自己的观点。

来自柯林斯例句

2. She would continue, faithful and reliable, to buttress up Miss Bulstrode's successor.
她会继续干下去, 忠心而可靠, 给接替布尔斯特罗德小姐的人以支持.

来自辞典例句

3. The massive - head buttress dam has some attractive features for certain locations.
大头支墩坝对于某些地区仍有其值得注意的特色.

来自辞典例句

4. I don't think they have any buttress behind them.
我认为他们背后没有什么支持力量.

来自辞典例句

5. In the 1980 s this concept was used to buttress several so - called sectoral reciprocity proposals.
80年代这一原则曾被用来支持几个 所谓 部分互惠建议.

来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

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