| 单词 | buttress |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['bʌtris] |
| 解释 | n.拱墙，拱壁；v.支持 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 拱墙，拱壁(a projecting structure built against a wall to support or reinforce it);v. 支持(to prop up; bolster) 【考】 strut : wing / buttress : wall / bracket : shelf(支杆用来支撑机翼/ 扶墙用来支撑墙/支架 用来支撑书架)反义词：contravene( 反驳; 违反) 【记】 分割记忆: but-tress, tress 意为“一束头发”, 是GRE常考词 【同】 近形词: mattress(床垫); butt(烟头) |
| 字源 | buttress (n.) early 14c., from Old French (arc) botrez "flying buttress," apparently from bouter "to thrust against," of Frankish origin (compare Old Norse bauta "to strike, beat"), from Proto-Germanic *butan, from PIE root *bhau- "to strike" (see butt (v.)). buttress (v.) late 14c., literal and figurative, from buttress (n.). Related: Buttressed; buttressing. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 扶墙(用于支撑或加固墙壁的, 由砖块或石头砌成的一种结构); v (常与up连用)支持 = bolster 【例】He buttressed his argument with solid facts 他用具体事实来加强他的论点. 【记】读: 8trees. 用8棵树来支撑一面墙－扶墙 【参】mattress(n 床垫), mat席子 【类】strut: wing = buttress: wall = bracket: shelf 支杆用来支撑机翼 = 扶墙用来支撑墙 = 支架用来支撑书架buttress: edifice = splint: limb 扶壁支撑大厦 = 夹板支撑四肢buttress: strength = vaccination: immure扶墙增加强度 = 接种疫苗增加免疫力 【反】contravene(v 反驳; 违反) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】butt buttocks的简写 臀部 + rest 人坐着休息时臀部是支持；butt + press, stress；粗端 + 压力；承受压力的底端； |
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