buttress的词源

英文词源

buttress (n.)

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.

中文词源

buttress：拱墙

发音释义：['bʌtrɪs] n.拱墙；拱壁；扶壁；支柱；支撑物vt.支撑；用拱墙支撑

结构分析：buttress = butt（拱、顶）+ress（名词后缀，表物品）→拱墙

词源解释：butt←古法语bouter（拱、顶）

同源词：butt（顶撞、对接、屁股）；fortress（堡垒）

词组习语：flying buttress（飞拱）；buttress brace（支撑梁）；buttress up（支撑）

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：buttress 词源，buttress 含义。

buttress：支墩

来自butt, 相撞，相接。-ess, 通常为阴性后缀，此处为名词后缀，见largess, 慷慨。