brace
v. 使做好准备; (为保持平衡)使紧靠; 绷紧; 支撑,加固
n. 一对; 支架; 牙箍; 背带; 大括号
If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.
He braced himself for the icy plunge into the black water...
他做好了准备要跳进冰冷的脏水里。
She braced herself, as if to meet a blow.
她严阵以待,仿佛准备面对打击。
If you brace yourself against something or brace part of your body against it, you press against something in order to steady your body or to avoid falling.
Elaine braced herself against the dresser and looked in the mirror...
伊莱恩紧贴着衣橱照镜子。
He braced his back against the wall.
他后背紧靠在墙上。
If you brace your shoulders or knees, you keep them stiffly in a particular position.
He braced his shoulders as the snow slashed across his face.
雪花如刀割般刮在他的脸上,他绷紧了双肩。
To brace something means to strengthen or support it with something else.
Overhead, the lights showed the old timbers, used to brace the roof.
灯光照亮了头顶上支撑屋顶的旧房梁。
You can refer to two things of the same kind as a brace of that thing. The plural form is also brace .
...a brace of bottles of Mercier Rose champagne.
两瓶玛喜尔玫瑰香槟
...a few brace of grouse.
几对松鸡
A brace is a device attached to a part of a person's body, for example to a weak leg, in order to strengthen or support it.
He wore leg braces after polio in childhood...
他幼时得过小儿麻痹症后双腿安上了支架。
She wears a neck brace.
她戴着颈托。
A brace is a metal device that can be fastened to a child's teeth in order to help them grow straight.
Braces are a pair of straps that pass over your shoulders and fasten to your trousers at the front and back in order to stop them from falling down.
Braces or curly braces are a pair of written marks that you place around words, numbers, or parts of a computer code, for example to indicate that they are connected in some way or are separate from other parts of the writing or code.
1. a support that steadies or strengthens something else;
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
1. prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
2. support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace;
3. support by bracing
4. cause to be alert and energetic;
brace up
集中力量或打起精神
My daughter has to wear a brace on her teeth.
我的女儿得戴牙套以矫正牙齿.
The Spaniard kicked off this season with a brace at Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League.
西班牙小将在本赛季对萨格布勒迪纳摩的冠军联赛中破门.
Moves the caret to the matching brace.
将插入符号移动到匹配的括号处.
Brace yourself for this one too.
这条消息也要有所准备了.
Brace yourself: it's because the economy needs additional stimulus, they say.
振作起来: 那是因为经济需要额外的刺激, 他们说.