buttress

n. 拱壁, 扶壁, 支持物
vt. 支持, 以扶壁支撑
【医】 拱托; 蹄心增厚(马)

动词过去式:buttressed 过去分词:buttressed 现在分词:buttressing 第三人称单数:buttresses 

but.tress

n.（名词）
A structure, usually brick or stone, built against a wall for support or reinforcement.
扶壁，撑墙：用于支撑或加固墙壁的通常由砖块或石头砌成的一种结构
Something resembling a buttress, as:
肋状物：某些类似于肋的东西，如：
The flared base of certain tree trunks.
某种树干的加固基
A horny growth on the heel of a horse`s hoof.
马蹄底部的角质层
Something that serves to support, prop, or reinforce:
支撑物：某些用于支撑、维持或加固的东西：
例句：
.The law is by its very nature a buttress of the status quo.(J. William Fulbright)
.法律就其本质来说是对现状的维持.(J.威廉·富布赖特)

v.tr.（及物动词）
but.tressed,but.tress.ing,but.tress.es
To support or reinforce with a buttress.
支撑：用支撑物支撑或加固
To sustain, prop, or bolster:
维持，支持，支撑：
例句：
.The author buttresses her analysis with lengthy dissections of several of Moore`s poems.(Warren Woessner)
.作者用对莫尔的几首诗的冗长剖析来支持她的分析.(沃伦·韦斯纳)


来源：
Middle English buteras
中古英语 buteras
from Old French bouterez
源自 古法语 bouterez
from bouter [to strike against]
源自 bouter [反击，反抗]
[of Germanic origin] * see bhau-
[源于日耳曼语的] *参见 bhau-