| 释义 |
buttress /'bAtns; 'bAtns/ n support built against a wall, → the illus at church; (fig) prop; sth that supports: 撑墙; 拱壁(参看 church 之插图); (喻)支持物; 麦柱： the ~es of society/the constitution. 社会 (宪法)的支柱。 vt [VP6A, 15B] ~ (up), strengthen, hold up (by building a ~); (fig) support, strengthen: (筑扶墙以)支撑; (喻)支持; 加强： ~ up an argument. 支持一论点 c |