flying buttress meaning in English
【建筑】拱扶垛,飞拱。
Examples
- The introduction of a system of flying buttresses made possible the reduction of wall surfaces by relieving them of part of their structural function
飞拱建筑体系的引入,减轻了墙体的支撑功能,从而减小了墙面。 - Here , hundreds of feet up , the redwood ' s massive limbs are fused into flying buttresses and carved by forest fires into blackened chambers called “ fire caves ”
在这里,几百英尺高的地方,红木粗大的树枝熔铸成飞拱,在森林大火中被塑造成幽黑密室“出火坑” 。