brace中文什么意思

n.
1.支柱，支持物，撑柱；【机械工程】撑臂，拉条；曲柄，把；【医学】支架；〔pl.〕(牙齿)矫正器；【矿物】支撑；坚坑口，井口。
2.【印刷】大括弧；〔即｛ ｝〕；【航海】转帆索。
3.〔pl.〕〔英国〕(裤子〕背带(＝〔美国〕suspenders)；(弓手等的)护腕带。
+更多解释...4.〔sing., pl.〕(猎获物等的)一双，一对。
5.〔口语〕(新兵等的)生硬的立正姿势。
短语和例子
a pair of braces 一副背带。 a brace of grouse 一对松鸡。 a pole brace 电杆拉线。 a crank [hand] brace 手摇钻。 brace (and) bit 曲柄钻孔器，摇钻，弓钻。 in a brace of shakes 马上，立刻。 splice the main brace 〔俚语〕喝酒。 take a brace 〔美国〕鼓起勇气，奋力。vt.
1.撑牢，支住。
2.给…装拉条；系紧；拉紧，张(弓)，叉开(两腿)。
3.使(神经)紧张；激励，振作(精神)；【航海】以转帆索转(帆)；【印刷】用大括弧括。
4.〔美俚〕向…借钱；向…乞求， brace oneself (up) ＝ brace one's energies 奋勇，鼓起精神，振作。

• brace in:    使横帆桁垂直于艏艉线
• brace (curly brace):    大括号
• angle brace:    斜撑; 隅掌, 角铁撑, 角撑

例句与用法

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1. The odor of souls is a brace to the walls .
   灵魂的气息是这些砖墙的支柱。
2. His forepaws braced a pebble .
   它那双前爪紧紧抓住了一块小石子。
3. Brace up, and make a man of yourself .
   振作起来，做个男子汉吧。
4. They braced themselves behind the gun .
   三个人在炮后死死顶住。
5. A duct often contains cross braces .
   管道内往往是有支撑拉条。

英文释义

名词

1. a structural member used to stiffen a framework
   同义词：bracing
2. a carpenter''s tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring
   同义词：bitstock
3. an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
   同义词：braces, orthodontic braces
4. a support that steadies or strengthens something else; "he wore a brace on his knee"
5. elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)
   同义词：suspender, gallus
6. a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it
7. either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material
8. a set of two similar things considered as a unit
   同义词：pair
9. two items of the same kind
   同义词：couple, pair, twosome, twain, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad

动词

1. cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn''t stimulate"
   同义词：stimulate, arouse, energize, energise, perk up
2. support by bracing
3. support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter''s wheel"
   同义词：steady, stabilize, stabilise
4. prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
   同义词：poise