brace

• 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

来自拉丁词bracchia, 手臂。词源同brief, 短的。原指两手合抱，表支持义，后指箍子，括号等。

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

brace

brace: [14] English borrowed brace from Old French brace, which meant simply ‘(the length measured by) two arms’. It came from Latin bracchia, the plural of bracchium ‘arm’ (source of French bras ‘arm’, and also of various English technical terms, such as brachiopod [19], a type of shellfish, literally ‘arm-foot’). The word’s ultimate source was Greek brakhíōn ‘arm’, originally ‘upper arm’, which was formed from the comparative of brakhús ‘short’, a relative of English brief (the sense development is probably that the upper arm was named from being ‘shorter’ than the forearm).

Of the rather diverse range of meanings the word has in modern English, ‘pair’ derives from the original notion of ‘twoness’, while ‘strengthening or supporting structure’ owes much to the idea of ‘clasping’, mainly contained originally in the verb brace [14], from Old French bracier ‘put one’s arms around’ (a derivative of Old French brace). In English it now only means ‘support, strengthen’, the sense ‘clasp with the arms’ being reserved to embrace [14], from Old French embracer.
=> brief, embrace

brace (n.)

early 14c., "piece of armor for the arms," also "thong, strap for fastening," from Old French brace, braz "arms," also "length measured by two arms" (12c., Modern French bras "arm, power;" brasse "fathom, armful, breaststroke"), from Latin bracchia, plural of bracchium "an arm, a forearm," from Greek brakhion "an arm" (see brachio-). Applied to various devices for fastening and tightening on notion of clasping arms. Of dogs, "a couple, a pair" from c. 1400.

brace (v.)

mid-14c., "to seize, grasp," also "wrap, enshroud; tie up, fetter," from Old French bracier "to embrace," from brace "arms" (see brace (n.)). Meaning "to render firm or steady by tensing" is mid-15c., earlier in figurative sense "strengthen or comfort" (someone), early 15c., with later extension to tonics, etc. that "brace" the nerves (compare bracer "stiff drink"). Related: Braced; bracing.

a neck brace (= worn to support the neck after an injury)

矫治用的颈箍

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a pair of braces

一副吊裤带

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UN troops are braced for more violence.

联合国部队准备应付更多的暴行。

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They are bracing themselves for a long legal battle.

他们在为漫长的法律诉讼作准备。

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They braced themselves against the wind.

他们顶着大风站稳。

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He stood with his legs and shoulders braced, ready to lift the weights.

他绷紧腿和肩膀站着，准备举起杠铃。

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The roof was braced by lengths of timber.

屋顶用几根木头支撑固定住了。

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She wears a neck brace.

她戴着颈托。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a few brace of grouse.

几对松鸡

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...a brace of bottles of Mercier Rose champagne.

两瓶玛喜尔玫瑰香槟

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He braced his back against the wall.

他后背紧靠在墙上。

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

She braced herself, as if to meet a blow.

她严阵以待，仿佛准备面对打击。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Elaine braced herself against the dresser and looked in the mirror...

伊莱恩紧贴着衣橱照镜子。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

My daughter has to wear a brace on her teeth.

我的女儿得戴牙套以矫正牙齿.

《简明英汉词典》

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.

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Moves the caret to the matching brace.

将插入符号移动到匹配的括号处.

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Brace yourself for this one too.

这条消息也要有所准备了.

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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.

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These are Parentheses , Square brackets, Angle brackets and Brace.

括号有小括号 、 中括号 、 角括号和大括号.

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Is it a enjoyable thing that they can live in the brace of the sea?

能生活在海的怀抱中,难道不是件很开心的事 吗 ?

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Regis : Sure. But you had to wear the brace quite a while each day, right?

当然. 但是你每天都带着背部支撑带, 对 吗 ?

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Note that the compound statements begin with an open brace and end with a close brace.

注意复合语句是以一个左括号开头,一个右括号结尾.复合语句可以被看成一个整句.

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