but.tress

buttress的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈbʌtris]
KK音标发音： [ˈbʌtrɪs]

buttress的词性：
n.（名词）

1. 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

2. Something resembling a buttress, as:
肋状物：某些类似于肋的东西，如：

3. The flared base of certain tree trunks.
某种树干的加固基

4. A horny growth on the heel of a horse's hoof.
马蹄底部的角质层

5. 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：

“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)

buttress的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）

6. To support or reinforce with a buttress.
支撑：用支撑物支撑或加固

7. To sustain, prop, or bolster:
维持，支持，支撑：

“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)

buttress的词源：

8. Middle English buteras
中古英语 buteras

9. from Old French bouterez
源自 古法语 bouterez

10. from bouter [to strike against]
源自 bouter [反击，反抗]

11. [of Germanic origin] * see bhau-
[源于日耳曼语的] *参见 bhau-