brace的中文翻譯是什麼意思
brace
v. 使做好準備; （為保持平衡）使緊靠; 繃緊; 支撐，加固
n. 一對; 支架; 牙箍; 揹帶; 大括號
brace的柯林斯釋義
VERB使做好準備（面對不快的事或困難）
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...
他做好了準備要跳進冰冷的髒水裡。
She braced herself, as if to meet a blow.
她嚴陣以待，彷彿準備面對打擊。
VERB（為保持平衡或避免摔倒）使緊靠
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...
伊萊恩緊貼著衣櫥照鏡子。
He braced his back against the wall.
他後背緊靠在牆上。
VERB繃緊（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臉上，他繃緊了雙肩。
VERB支撐；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.
燈光照亮了頭頂上支撐屋頂的舊房梁。
N-COUNT一對；一雙
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.
兩瓶瑪喜爾玫瑰香檳
...a few brace of grouse.
幾對松雞
N-COUNT（用以加固或支撐身體某部位的）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...
他幼時得過小兒麻痺症後雙腿安上了支架。
She wears a neck brace.
她戴著頸託。
N-COUNT牙齒矯正器；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（褲子的）揹帶，吊帶
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大括號
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.
brace的英文釋義
Noun
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
Verb
1. prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
2. support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace;
- brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel
3. support by bracing
4. cause to be alert and energetic;
- Coffee and tea stimulate me
- This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate
brace的短語
brace up
集中力量或打起精神
brace的場景例句
My daughter has to wear a brace on her teeth.
我的女兒得戴牙套以矯正牙齒.
The Spaniard kicked off this season with a brace at Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League.
西班牙小將在本賽季對薩格布勒迪納摩的冠軍聯賽中破門.
Moves the caret to the matching brace.
將插入符號移動到匹配的括號處.
Brace yourself for this one too.
這條訊息也要有所準備了.
Brace yourself: it's because the economy needs additional stimulus, they say.
振作起來: 那是因為經濟需要額外的刺激, 他們說.