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.
实用例句
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.