noun🔗Share扶壁，支墩 A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it."The old church wall needed a buttress to keep it from collapsing. "那座老教堂的墙需要一个扶壁来防止倒塌。architecturebuildingstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share支柱，支撑物. Anything that serves to support something; a prop."The thick textbook acted as a buttress for the stack of papers on my desk, preventing them from toppling over. "那本厚重的教科书就像支柱一样撑住了我桌上那叠文件，防止它们倒塌。architecturestructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share支柱根，支持根。 A buttress-root."The oak tree's buttress-roots helped it stay firmly anchored in the rocky soil. "这棵橡树发达的支柱根帮助它牢牢地扎根在岩石土壤中。architectureplantbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share峭壁，悬崖 A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock; a crag, a bluff."The hikers scrambled up the steep slope, carefully avoiding the sharp buttress of rock that jutted out from the mountainside. "登山者们奋力攀爬陡峭的山坡，小心地避开从山腰突出的那块尖锐的峭壁。geologygeographyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share支柱，支撑，扶壁 Anything that supports or strengthens."The extra support beams were a buttress to the weakened classroom wall. "额外的支撑梁是教室那堵已经变弱的墙的支柱。structurebuildingarchitectureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share支撑，扶持。 To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress."The students buttressed their argument with evidence from the textbook. "学生们用课本上的证据支撑了他们的论点。architecturebuildingstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share支持， 支撑， 佐证 (by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence; to corroborate or substantiate."The student used research from several books to buttress her argument in the essay. "为了支撑论文中的论点，这位学生引用了几本书中的研究作为佐证。statementlawcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
