braces

英：[b'reɪsɪz]

美：[b'reɪsɪz]

n.

吊带，背带

托架( brace的名词复数 )

箍子

括弧

（儿童）牙箍

v.

支住( brace的第三人称单数 )

撑牢

使自己站稳

振作起来

verb

transitive verb

prepare, steel

brace yourself for the shock

invigorate, freshen

… I took the shower and it braced me up a bit.—Raymond Chandler

to prepare for use by making taut

brace a drum

to furnish or support with a brace (see brace entry 2 sense 1)

heavily braced against the wind

to make stronger : reinforce

nerves … braced by long familiarity with danger—T. B. Macaulay

to put or plant firmly

braces his foot in the stirrup

nautical to turn (a sail yard) by means of a brace (see brace entry 2 sense 1e)

to waylay especially with demands or questions : confront

when braced, Willie had naturally denied his identity—Time

archaic to fasten tightly : bind

intransitive verb

to get ready (as for an attack)

brace for the storm

to take heart—used with up

brace up and do something—Upton Sinclair

noun

something that transmits, directs, resists, or supports weight or pressure: such as

a diagonal piece of structural material that serves to strengthen something (such as a framework)

walls held up with braces

medical an appliance for supporting a body part a neck brace

has braces on his legs

braces plural, dentistry an orthodontic appliance usually of metallic wire that is used especially to exert pressure to straighten misaligned teeth

had braces as a teenager

British braces plural, clothing suspenders

nautical a rope rove through a block at the end of a ship's yard (see yard entry 4 sense 3) to swing it horizontally

one of two marks { } used to connect words or items to be considered together

music one of these marks connecting two or more musical staffs (see staff entry 1 sense 3) carrying parts to be performed simultaneously

bracket sense 3a

numbers written in braces

or plural brace two of a kind : pair

several brace of quail

something (such as a clasp) that connects or fastens

a crank-shaped instrument for turning a bit (see bit entry 1 sense 1a(2))

a position of rigid attention

on review, his uniform and brace were technically correct—Time

something that arouses energy or strengthens morale

brace up下定决心；打起精神

brace yourself振作精神，振作起来

corner brace齿轮传动手摇钻，角撑

Verb Middle English, from Anglo-French bracer to embrace, from brace Noun Middle English, clasp, pair, from Anglo-French, pair of arms, pair, support, from Latin bracchia, plural of bracchium arm, from Greek brachiōn, from comparative of brachys short — more at brief

The first known use of brace was in the 14th century

brackennoun

a large coarse branching fernalso: a growth of such ferns

brachiopodnoun

any of a phylum of invertebrate marine animals that have bivalve shells and a pair of arms bearing tentacles called alsolampshell

brachiopodnoun

any of a phylum of invertebrate marine animals that have bivalve shells and a pair of arms bearing tentacles called alsolampshell

brace1 of 2verb

to make firm or tight

to get ready : prepare

braced herself for the test

to furnish or support with a brace

to give life or energy to : freshen

to place firmly

to regain one's courage

brace up, all is not lost

brace2 of 2noun

two of a kind : pair

several brace of quail

something that connects, fastens, or tightens

a tool with a U-shaped bend that is used to turn wood-boring bits

something that transfers, resists, or supports weight or pressureespecially: a slanted timber used as a support in a structure

plural suspender sense 2

a device for supporting a body part (as the shoulders)

plural a usually wire device attached to the teeth to make them straight and pull them into position

a mark { or } used to connect words or items or musical staffs that are to be considered together

one of a pair of such marks enclosing words or symbols