Buttress

['bʌtrɪs] or ['bʌtrəs]

解释:

(noun.) a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building.

(verb.) make stronger or defensible; 'buttress your thesis'.

(verb.) reinforce with a buttress; 'Buttress the church'.

卡特编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry.

(n.) Anything which supports or strengthens.

(v. t.) To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly.

手打:奈杰尔

同义词及近义词：

n. Shore, prop, support, stay, brace.

丹整理

解释:

n. a projecting support built on to the outside of a wall: any support or prop.—v.t. to prop or support as by a buttress.

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