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.
雙語例句
1. He sought to buttress some of his arguments with quotations from Mein Kampf.
他引用《我的奮斗》中的語錄來論證自己的觀點。
來自柯林斯例句
2. She would continue, faithful and reliable, to buttress up Miss Bulstrode's successor.
她會繼續干下去, 忠心而可靠, 給接替布爾斯特羅德小姐的人以支持.
來自辭典例句
3. The massive - head buttress dam has some attractive features for certain locations.
大頭支墩壩對于某些地區仍有其值得注意的特色.
來自辭典例句
4. I don't think they have any buttress behind them.
我認為他們背后沒有什么支持力量.
來自辭典例句
5. In the 1980 s this concept was used to buttress several so - called sectoral reciprocity proposals.