buttress

• 支撑或加固墙壁的结构，通常由石头或砖砌成。也指任何起支撑或加固作用的事物。

A noun referring to a structure, typically made of stone or brick, built against a wall to support or reinforce it.

1. Architectural supportC1formal

   A structure built against a wall to support or reinforce it, often found in Gothic architecture.

   扶壁

   • The cathedral's flying buttresses are a masterpiece of engineering.
   • The old church needed a new buttress to prevent the wall from collapsing.
   • Medieval architects used buttresses to support the weight of tall stone walls.

   同义词abutmentbracepropstaysupport

2. Supporting force or thingC2formal

   Something that provides support, strength, or reinforcement to an argument, system, or structure.

   支柱

   • The new evidence served as a buttress for the prosecution's case.
   • Education is a buttress of a democratic society.
   • The treaty acted as a buttress for peace in the region.

   同义词anchorbackbonebulwarkmainstaypillarpropreinforcementsupport

• 动词，指支撑或加固建筑结构，也指用证据或论据支持、加强某个论点、理论或体系。

A verb meaning to support or strengthen a structure, argument, or system, often with additional evidence or reinforcement.

1. Support or strengthenC1formal

   To support or reinforce a structure, argument, or system.

   支撑

   • The architect buttressed the old wall with steel beams.
   • The lawyer buttressed her case with new evidence.
   • The government buttressed the economy with new policies.

   同义词bolsterbracepropreinforceshorestrengthensupportsustainunderpin

   反义词destabilizeerodesapundermineweaken