Signification visuelle de 'buttresses'? - apprendre avec des images, exemples du quotidien

Illustration visuelle de buttresses: Contreforts - Image 1

noun

Contreforts

A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it.

"The old stone church needed buttresses to prevent its walls from collapsing. "

La vieille église en pierre avait besoin de contreforts pour empêcher ses murs de s'effondrer.

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Illustration visuelle de buttresses: Contreforts, supports - Image 1

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noun

Contreforts, supports

Anything that serves to support something; a prop.

"The heavy books served as buttresses, preventing the leaning tower of papers from collapsing on my desk. "

Les livres lourds servaient de supports, empêchant la tour de papiers penchée de s'effondrer sur mon bureau.

architecture structure

noun

Contrefort racinaire

A buttress-root.

"The ancient fig tree had enormous buttresses spreading out from its trunk, anchoring it firmly to the earth. "

Le figuier antique avait d'énormes contreforts racinaires s'étendant de son tronc, l'ancrant fermement à la terre.

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noun

Contreforts, éperon rocheux

A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock; a crag, a bluff.

"The hiking trail wound around the base of the mountain, carefully avoiding the steep buttresses that jutted out like massive stone teeth. "

Le sentier de randonnée serpentait autour de la base de la montagne, évitant soigneusement les contreforts escarpés qui dépassaient comme d'énormes dents de pierre.

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noun

Contreforts, supports

Anything that supports or strengthens.

"Example Sentence:

"Regular exercise and a healthy diet are important buttresses for a strong immune system." "

L'exercice régulier et une alimentation saine sont des supports importants pour un système immunitaire fort.

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Illustration visuelle de buttresses: Épauler, soutenir - Image 1

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verb

Épauler, soutenir

To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.

"The community garden buttresses the old fence with wooden posts to keep it from falling over. "

Le jardin communautaire soutient l'ancienne clôture avec des poteaux en bois pour l'empêcher de tomber.

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verb

Étoffer, étayer, corroborer

(by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence; to corroborate or substantiate.

"The witness's testimony buttresses the victim's account of the event. "

Le témoignage du témoin étaye le récit de l'événement par la victime.

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