buttress

🇺🇸 /ˈbʌtrəs/ 🇬🇧 /ˈbʌtrəs/
詞頻
難度
標籤 TOP20000
noun
R

A vertical structure built to give additional support to a wall or bridge.

The castle had many buttresses to keep its walls strong.

這座城堡有許多扶壁來保持其墙体堅固。

verb
R

To give support or confirmation to something.

The new policy will buttress the economy.

新政策將支撐經濟。

translation

n. 扶壁
v. 支持

詞形變化

3rd Present buttresses
Past buttressed
Perfect buttressed
Progressive buttressing
Plural buttresses