首页英语词典bracebrace英英释意

brace

英[breɪs] 美[bres]
  • n. 支柱;[语] 大括号;曲柄
  • vt. 支撑;振作起来;激励;撑牢
  • vi. 支持;打起精神
  • adj. 曲柄的
  • n. (Brace)人名;(英)布雷斯;(法)布拉斯

英英释意


1. a support that steadies or strengthens something else;
"he wore a brace on his knee"
2. two items of the same kind
3. a set of two similar things considered as a unit
4. either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material
5. a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it
6. elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)
7. an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
8. the stock of a tool used for turning a drilling bit
9. a structural member used to stiffen a framework