buttress

詳細解釋：

but.tress

n.（名詞）
A structure, usually brick or stone, built against a wall for support or reinforcement.
扶壁，撐牆：用於支撐或加固牆壁的通常由磚塊或石頭砌成的一種結構
Something resembling a buttress, as:
肋狀物：某些類似於肋的東西，如：
The flared base of certain tree trunks.
某種樹幹的加固基
A horny growth on the heel of a horse`s hoof.
馬蹄底部的角質層
Something that serves to support, prop, or reinforce:
支撐物：某些用於支撐、維持或加固的東西：
例句：
.The law is by its very nature a buttress of the status quo.(J. William Fulbright)
.法律就其本質來說是對現狀的維持.(J.威廉·富布賴特)

v.tr.（及物動詞）
but.tressed,but.tress.ing,but.tress.es
To support or reinforce with a buttress.
支撐：用支撐物支撐或加固
To sustain, prop, or bolster:
維持，支持，支撐：
例句：
.The author buttresses her analysis with lengthy dissections of several of Moore`s poems.(Warren Woessner)
.作者用對莫爾的幾首詩的冗長剖析來支持她的分析.(沃倫·韋斯納)

來源：
Middle English buteras
中古英文 buteras
from Old French bouterez
源自 古法文 bouterez
from bouter [to strike against]
源自 bouter [反擊，反抗]
[of Germanic origin] * see bhau-
[源於日耳曼語的] *參見 bhau-