扶壁,又称扶垛,外墙凸出之墙垛。扶壁用以抵抗券或拱的推力增强墙体稳定性。就是为了平衡土体等对外墙的推力,而在外墙上附加的墙或其他结构。
n. buttress ; counterfort ; spur ; abamurus
现在很明显,19世纪的油漆和灰泥已被除去,中殿较低的扶壁可以追溯到12世纪。
It is clear, now that nineteenth-century paint and plaster have been removed, that the nave's lower buttresses date from the twelfth century.
我们唯一的希望就是爬上这支扶壁,在它的脚下挖出一个平台,在平台上安扎我们的帐篷。
Our only hope was to scramble up to this buttress, and dig out a platform at the foot of it on which we could pinch our tent.
新丰江大坝,中国(1962年)——混凝土扶壁坝。
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