early 14c., from Old French (arc) botrez "flying buttress," apparently from bouter "to thrust against," of Frankish origin (compare Old Norse bauta "to strike, beat"), from Proto-Germanic *butan, from PIE root *bhau- "to strike" (see butt (v.)).
buttress (v.)
late 14c., literal and figurative, from buttress (n.). Related: Buttressed; buttressing.
例文
1. He sought to buttress some of his arguments with quotations from Mein Kampf.
彼は「私の奮闘」の語録を引用して自分の観点を論証した。/
2.She would continue,faithful and reliable,to buttress up Miss Bulstrode 's successor.
彼女は続けてやります。忠誠心で信頼性があり、ブルストリードさんの後任者をサポートします。
3.The massive-head buttress dam has some attractive features for certain locations.
プリセットダムは、地域によっては注目すべき特色がある。
4.I don 't think they have any buttress behind them.
彼らの背後には何の支持力もないと思う。
5.In the 1980 s this concept was used to buttress several so-called sectoral reciprocity proposals.