buttress
Definition
A support projecting from a wall to strengthen it; metaphorically, something that supports or reinforces.
中文 从墙体突出的支撑结构以加强其强度;比喻上是支持或强化的事物。
Example
"The stone buttress helped hold up the ancient cathedral's crumbling wall."
A support projecting from a wall to strengthen it; metaphorically, something that supports or reinforces.
中文 从墙体突出的支撑结构以加强其强度;比喻上是支持或强化的事物。
"The stone buttress helped hold up the ancient cathedral's crumbling wall."