音标:['bʌtrəsɪz] ;
n. 扶壁, 扶垛( buttress的名词复数 )
v. 用扶壁支撑, 加固( buttress的第三人称单数 )
n a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
v reinforce with a buttress
v make stronger or defensible

1. Forecasters say Hurricane Irene is getting a little stronger as it turns over the Bahamas, heading toward the East Coast. The storm is expected to grow over warmer waters. Now, vacationers are leaving parts of North Carolina. 2. Earthquake damage

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(157) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2011(八月)

There is another famous church in Paris built to that other Mary in the Bible known as Mary Magdalene. 巴黎还有一个著名的教堂是为《圣经》里另外一个玛莉亚而建的,这个玛莉亚叫做抹大拉的玛莉亚。 This church to

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 美国学生世界地理教材

When you land in France you see French flags flying; 到了法国,你就看到法国国旗在各处飘扬; they are red, white, and blue, the same colors as our own flag, but their flags have only three stripes and the stripes are up and down, 法国

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 美国学生世界地理教材

Hey, we are in luck. It's a sunny Monday for our day trip out to Salisbury where we'll continue our peek into mediaeval architecture. As the mediaeval world developed more political stability and weal

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The Tay Bridge Disaster Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silv'ry Tay! Alas! I am very sorry to say That ninety lives have been taken away On the last Sabbath day of 1879, Which will be remember'd for a very long time. 'Twas about seven o'clock at nigh

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(135) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英文故事与诗歌

We stay in Scotland for todays podcast. We are going to meet a man called William Topaz McGonagall. Most people agree that he was the worst poet ever in the English language. He was born in 1825. His father was a cotton weaver, who had to move from t

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