braces的中文翻译是什么意思

VERB使做好准备（面对不快的事或困难）

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。

VERB（为保持平衡或避免摔倒）使紧靠

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。

VERB绷紧（肩或膝）

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。

VERB支撑；加固

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。

N-COUNT一对；一双

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

N-COUNT（用以加固或支撑身体某部位的）支架，托架

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。

N-COUNT牙齿矫正器；牙箍

A brace is a metal device that can be fastened to a child's teeth in order to help them grow straight.

N-PLURAL（裤子的）背带，吊带

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.

N-COUNT大括号

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.