a structure made of stone or brick that supports a wall 扶壁；支墩 It was necessary to strengthen the building with large external buttresses. 有必要用大型的外部扶壁加固此建筑。
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French (ars) bouterez ‘thrusting (arch)’, from boter ‘to strike or thrust’, of Germanic origin.
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buttress
verb (formal)- buttress somebody/something
to support or give strength to somebody/something 支持；给…以力量 The sharp increase in crime seems to buttress the argument for more police officers on the street. 犯罪率急剧上升似乎支持了街上增加巡警的论点。 The galleries were well buttressed by huge timbers. 画廊由巨大的木头支撑着。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryButtress is used with these nouns as the object:- argument
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French (ars) bouterez ‘thrusting (arch)’, from boter ‘to strike or thrust’, of Germanic origin.
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