Word · Frequency #16474
buttresses
扶壁；支撑物
buttresses is the plural of buttress.
核心释义
a stone or brick support for a wall
- 1.
用以支撑另一结构的砖、混凝土或石砌构筑物。
A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
- 2.
支撑物；支柱。
Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
- 3.
板根。
A buttress root.
- 4.
山或岩石上突出的部分。
A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.
- 5.
任何支撑或巩固的事物。
Anything that supports or strengthens.
用以支撑另一结构的砖、混凝土或石砌构筑物。；支撑物；支柱。；板根。；山或岩石上突出的部分。；任何支撑或巩固的事物。
用法In use
The old church wall is supported by a thick stone buttress.
用法提示：buttress 是名词，指建筑外墙的石质扶壁。
The lawyer used new evidence to buttress her argument.
用法提示：buttress 是动词，表示“支持、加强”。
Several studies buttressed the theory that exercise improves memory.
用法提示：buttressed 是 buttress 的过去式，作动词，意为“为…提供支持”。
a buttress (for sth)
作名词时既指建筑上的扶壁，也可指抽象的支撑力量。
The volunteers are a buttress for the community.
这些志愿者是社区的一大支撑力量。
buttress sth (with sth)
作动词时如需说明加固所用的材料或依据，常与 with 连用。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- a flying buttress
- 飞扶壁
- The cathedral is famous for its flying buttresses.这座大教堂以其飞扶壁而闻名。
- a stone buttress
- 石砌扶壁
- The old church was reinforced with stone buttresses.这座老教堂用石砌扶壁进行了加固。
- buttress an argument
- 支持论点；为论点提供支撑
- She used the latest data to buttress her argument.她利用最新数据来支持她的论点。
- buttress the economy
- 支撑经济；巩固经济
- The government hopes the new policy will buttress the economy.政府希望新政策能支撑经济。
- buttress a case
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 buttress 拆成 butt（臀部）+ ress：想象用臀部顶住快倒的墙，这个支撑物就是 buttress（扶壁、支撑）。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：architecture、formal writing/argumentation buttress 作名词指建筑上的扶壁或支撑物；作动词既可指用扶壁加固，也常引申为“支持、加强（论点、制度等）”。该词总体偏正式，多用于书面语、建筑/工程及正式议论中，日常口语较少见。
语法说明Grammar Note
名词复数形式为 buttresses；动词为规则变化，过去式和过去分词为 buttressed。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these words rhymes exactly with buttress /ˈbʌtrɪs/. The -tress words look similar in spelling but have different stressed vowels or stress placement (e.g., mattress /ˈmætrəs/, fortress /ˈfɔːrtrəs/). Citrus ends with /trəs/, close to the final syllable of buttress, but its stressed vowel is different.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.