| 釋義 |
buttress /'bAtns; 'bAtns/ n support built against a wall, → the illus at church; (fig) prop; sth that supports: 撐墻; 拱壁(參看 church 之插圖); (喻)支持物; 麥柱： the ~es of society/the constitution. 社會 (憲法)的支柱。 vt [VP6A, 15B] ~ (up), strengthen, hold up (by building a ~); (fig) support, strengthen: (筑扶墻以)支撐; (喻)支持; 加強： ~ up an argument. 支持一論點 c |