brace
[breis]
v.防备, 支撑, 绷紧, 振作
n.支柱, 支架, 牙箍, 一对, (复)吊带裤
例句与用法:
My daughter has to wear a brace on her teeth.
我的女儿得戴牙箍以矫正牙齿。
He braced his foot against the wall and jumped.
他一只脚抵著墙跳。
We braced ourselves for a bumpy landing.
我们已做好准备,着陆时会很颠簸。
The struts are firmly braced.
那些支柱上得很牢固。
词形变化:
动词过去式: braced | 动词过去分词: braced | 动词现在分词: bracing | 动词第三人称单数: braces |
n.[C]
1. 支柱; 支撑物
2. 大括号[P]
3. 【英】裤子吊带[P]
4. (牙齿) 矫正器; 【医】支架
The little girl had braces on her teeth.
这个小女孩牙齿上戴着矫正器。
5. (猎禽等的) 一对, 一双[M]
He came home with two brace of rabbits in the bag.
他带着装有两对野兔的猎袋回家来了。
6. 【机】手摇曲柄钻
vt.
1. 支撑; 加固
The roof was braced with four poles.
屋顶由四根柱子支撑。
2. 使绷紧
3. 使防备[(+for)]
The villagers braced themselves for a possible flood.
村民们作了可能发生洪水泛滥的防备。
4. 激励, 振奋
vi.
1. 鼓起勇气[(+up)]
She braced up for the arduous task.
她鼓起勇气去从事那艰巨的任务。
2. 做好准备[(+for/against)]
It is urgent that we brace against hurricanes.
我们必须做好防飓风的准备。
brace
名词复数:braces, brace
过去式:braced
过去分词:braced
现在进行时:bracing
词形变化:
动词过去式: braced | 动词过去分词: braced | 动词现在分词: bracing | 动词第三人称单数: braces |
同义词:
support | tighten | prop | bracket | strengthen | tie | steady | chock | fix | block | lock | clench | stiffen | strut | stay | crutch | buttress | leg | fortify | supporter | reinforce | shoulder | steel | pair | clamp | a | yoke | duad | braces | duo | gallus | stabilize | dyad | span | twosome | duet | stabilise | distich | perk up | arouse | couplet | bitstock | energize | poise | bracing | twain | stimulate | couple | suspender | energise |
反义词:
词义辨析:
同义:
vt.支撑; 加固
support
strengthen
tighten
tie
n.支柱; 支撑
prop
a support
同义参见:
crutch
leg
supporter
steel
clamp1
shoulder
fortify
reinforce
bracket
prop1
反义:
vt.使绷紧
loosen
relax
brace1[breis]vt.1.■撑牢,支柱,支撑;加固,使固定,使稳定:Brace those sagging shelves with more crosspieces.多用横档加固那些下陷的架子。2.■配备着支柱,用支撑撑住:They braced the sagging wall with a piece of wood.他们用一根木头撑住那堵往一边倾斜的墙壁。3.■缚牢,系牢,系紧,束紧4.■拉紧;使绷紧,使变紧;使紧张:to brace one's muscles把肌肉绷紧5.■使防备;使经受锻炼;准备经受冲击(或压力),使有应付…的心理(或思想等)准备(常与反身代词oneself连用):He braced himself to hear what the boss would say.他做好准备听老板会说些什么。6.■激发,激励,振备,使振作;刺激:the bracing air up the tower塔上的清新空气7.■(用手)抓牢;使(手、足等)牢置,使(脚)踩稳(马蹬),使稳扎,使(身体)保持稳定;(为稳住身体)以…抵住;使镇定:She braced her foot against the crosspieces and jumped,她一只脚抵着横档跳下。8.■【医学】装矫正架于;使戴枷具9.■[诗歌用语]束住,扣上;围绕10.■[美国口语]使取僵直的立正姿势11.■[美国俚语]拦住…当面(或提出)责问12.■[美国俚语]向…借钱;要求施舍vi.1.■[口语]振作起来,振作精神,使打起精神,鼓起勇气,下定决心(常与 up 连用):She choked back her tears and braced up.她忍住眼泪,打起精神来。2.■作好(进攻的)准备,作好防备3.■[美国口语]摆出僵直的立正姿势n.1.■[单数复数同](猎鸟等的)一对,一双2.■扣件,钩扣3.■[复数][英国英语](裤)背带,吊带(= [美国英语]suspenders)4.■牵索,稳索;拉杆5.■【印刷】6.■大括弧(即 {、})7.■方括号(即[、])8.■支柱;撑材;支持物;托架,支架9.■【医学】10.■梏具,矫形支架,(矫形用)背甲,绷带11.■[常用复数]牙齿定位器,畸齿矫正(钢丝)架12.■【机械学】手摇曲柄钻,摇钻(钻)把(=hand brace )13.■【建筑学】拉条;撑臂,(斜)撑柱;斜拉杆,剪刀撑14.■【音乐】15.■连谱号16.■由连谱号连接的谱表部分[亦作 accolade]17.■(调节鼓弦松紧的)滑动皮环18.■19.■【射箭】护腕20.■【击剑】护臂,臂套;手套21.■防御状态,防备状态22.■(提高士气的)刺激因素;激励物23.■[美国口语]【军事】(军校一、二年级学生)过分僵直的立正姿势近义词pairin a brace of shakes[英国俚语]马上,立刻,刹那间,一会儿take a brace[美国俚语](运动员)提高技艺(赌徒)时来运转wear a belt and braces[口语]不冒风险;为自己安全过分担忧,过虑变形vt.bracedbracing brace2[breis]1.■【航海学】n.1.■操帆索,转帆索,转桁索vt.1.■用转桁索转(桁),用转帆索转(帆桁)splice the main brace见 main brace
bracebrace[breis]n.1.■紧缚或支撑的东西(如支柱, 支架, 拉条等); [pl. ][英] (裤子的)背带2.■一双; 一对3.■钻子的曲柄4.■大括弧5.■【矿】竖坑口6.■钻孔器, 手摇钻7.■(船上的)转帆索8.■[pl. ]牙医夹不整齐牙齿用的钢丝套9.■死板的立正姿势10.■战备状态11.■伸张, 张力a pair of braces一副背带a pole brace电杆拉线a brace of ducks一对鸭子
词性变化brace[breis]vt.1.■支持; 使固定; 使稳固; 把...绷紧2.■使兴奋; 使振作; 使紧张; 使有(思想)准备; 迅速作好...准备3.■[俚] 向...借贷4.■使解除疲劳; 使爽快5.■【航海】用转帆索转(帆);【刷】用大括号括6.■系[拉] 紧, 装拉条, 张[叉]开7.■拦住(查问)8.■狠狠地训斥9.■对...严加盘问brace a beam支起房梁brace oneself for a task鼓起勇气去做一件事When braced, Jack naturally denied his identity.当遇到拦路查问时, 杰克自然地否认了他的身分。The police braced him on the charge.警察当局就这项控告对他严加盘问。brace[breis]vi.1.■振作精神; 迅速作好(进攻的)准备
继承用法braceheadn.1.■钻杆组的转动手把(冲击钻)bracemann.1.■井口把钩
(复同单)
- a device that clamps things tightly together or that gives support, in particular
支柱,托架,夹头,尤指
■(braces)(Brit.)a pair of straps that pass over the shoulders and fasten to the top of trousers at the front and back to hold them
(英)(裤子的)背带
■a device fitted to a weak or injured part of the body, such as the neck or leg, to give support
(用以支承病体或身体受伤部位的)梏具
■a wire device fitted in the mouth to straighten the teeth
畸齿矫正钢丝架
■a strengthening piece of iron or timber used in building or carpentry
(建筑或木工用的铁制或木制)支柱,撑柱
■(亦作 brace and bit)a drilling tool with a crank handle and a socket to hold a bit
手摇曲柄钻
■a rope attached to the yard of a ship for trimming the sail
(船上的)转帆索 - (复同单)a pair of something, typically of birds or mammals killed in hunting
(尤指鸟或哺乳动物等已被猎杀的猎物)一对,一双
thirty brace of grouse.
30对松鸡。 - (Printing)either of the two marks { and }, used either to indicate that two or more items on one side have the same relationship as each other to the single item to which the other side points, or in pairs to show that words between them are connected
(印刷)大括弧(即{ })
■(Music)a similar mark connecting staves to be performed at the same time
(乐)连谱号
- [with obj.]make (a structure) stronger or firmer with wood, iron, or other forms of support
支撑,使固定,使稳固;把…绷紧
the posts were braced by lengths of timber.
这些柱子用几根木头撑着。
■press (one's body or part of one's body) firmly against something in order to stay balanced
撑牢,站稳
she braced her feet against a projecting shelf.
她把脚踩在一个突出来的岩石上站稳。
[as adj. braced]he stood with legs braced.
他叉开双腿站稳。
■prepare (someone or oneself) for something difficult or unpleasant
(使)作好防备
both stations are bracing themselves for job losses.
两个电台都在为就业岗位减少作准备。
- Middle English (as a verb meaning 'clasp, fasten tightly'): from Old French bracier 'embrace', from brace 'two arms', from Latin bracchia, plural of bracchium 'arm', from Greek brakhiōn
brace up
- be strong or courageous
坚强起来;鼓起勇气
brace
名词 brace:
a support that steadies or strengthens something else
two items of the same kind
同义词:couple, pair, twosome, twain, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
同义词:pair
either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material
a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it
elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)
an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
同义词:braces, orthodontic braces
a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring
同义词:bitstock
a structural member used to stiffen a framework
同义词:bracing
动词 brace:
prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
同义词:poise
support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
同义词:steady, stabilize, stabilise
support by bracing
cause to be alert and energetic
brace
■"Brace up," said Rhett, and there was a hard, faintly jeering note in his voice.
"你放心,"瑞德说,声音里带着一点讥讽的语调。
■"Well, brace yourself for complications," Stacy muttered, then nodded toward the door.
"那么,就让它一团糟吧! "斯泰西低语道,朝着门那边点了点头。
■"Well,brace yourself for complications," Stacy muttered,then nodded toward the door.
"那么,就让它一团糟吧!"斯泰西低语道,朝着门那边点了点头。
■In 1967 anthropologist C.Loring Brace drew a tongue-in-cheek cartoon of just such a creature (see Figure 1-1).
1967年,人类学家布雷斯 画了一幅这类挖苦性质的卡通(见图1-1),我们这个[小很多辈]的子孙,如何支撑得住他那个大脑袋,让人费解。
■Brace for a shock about money when Mars conjoins Uranus on April 15.
4月15那天准备迎接火星联合天王星在金钱事务上的冲击。
■Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983.Translated by William Weaver, Archivald Colquhoun, and Peggy Wright.
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich1983年英语第一版,William Weaver, Archivald Colquhoun, 和Peggy Wright翻译。
■Always use a curly brace scope in an if statement, even if it conditions a single statement.
if语句总是使用括号,即使它包含一句语句。
■Brace up yards, you cack-handed deck apes.
|支起帆桁!你们这帮笨手笨脚的饭桶!
■"Well, you're a chump for being afraid," said Drouet. "Come on now, brace up.
“你要是害怕,就是大傻瓜一个,"杜洛埃说,"来吧,振作起来。
■"Come on," said Drouet. "Brace up.
“来",杜洛埃说,"鼓起勇起来。
■A legend overnight, he backed up his brace with a late strike against Chelsea in the Worthington Cup.
一个传奇的夜晚,然后他又在联赛杯对切尔西的比赛中进球。
■A brace of tame deer ran familiarly about the house.
一对驯鹿无拘无束地在室内跑来跑去。
■An "unloader" brace shifts load away from the affected portion of the knee.
一种是卸载式支具,可以将载荷从受累关节部分转移走。
■The top-hung brace bar is used to pull the window sash to incline inside to realize air flow.
上悬斜拉杆,拉紧窗扇内倾,实现通风换气。
■Garfield: Two aspirin and a neck brace?
两片阿斯匹林和一个颈托?
■To improve chassis, engineers added a stiffer strut tower bar brace and a pair of performance dampers.
为了提高底盘,工程师增加了更严厉的支柱塔酒吧振奋和对性能减震器。
■Huck was given a seat and the old man and his brace of tall sons speedily dressed themselves.
主人让哈克坐下,老人和两个大高个孩子很快穿好衣服。
■Such being the case, he'd just have to screw up his courage, brace himself, and spout some nonsense.
事到如此,只有大胆老脸胡扯一阵。
■Sally now resolved to brace up and risk a frontal attack.
于是萨利决定鼓足勇气,冒险正面进攻。
■Adam Eckersley hit a scorching first goal and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake notched a brace as Royal Antwerp won3-1 at Union St Gilloise.
亚当-埃克斯利射进漂亮的一球,布莱克击中了门柱帮助安特卫普3-1击败对手。
■Seattle had a wind chill of 15 degrees this morning as residents brace d for up to eight inches of snow.
今天早上,一股零下15度的冷风席卷了西雅图,当地居民已经对可能深至八英尺的雪情做好了准备。
■Today Gilardino did very well on the pitch, he created many chances and even managed to score a brace.
今天,吉拉迪诺在场上的表现很好,他创造了许多机会,甚至梅开二度。
■He must brace himself and take it.
他一定鼓起勇气来承受它。
■They were twirling a brace drill.
他们当时正在转动曲柄钻。
■They have to brace evrey nerve to get the job finished.
他们必须全力以赴把工作完成。
■They will be ready in a brace of shakes.
他们马上可准备好。
■He still wears a brace on his right knee, though it's a lighter version of what he wore last season.
他任然在右膝盖上戴了一个支架,不过这个比起他上个赛季戴的东西而言已经少了很多。
■He came home with two brace of rabbits in the bag.
他带著装有两对野兔的猎袋回家来了。
■He has to wear a brace to correct his bite(= the way the upper and lower teeth fit together).
他得戴着牙箍矫正牙齿的咬合。
■He tried to shake them off, to forget and brace up.
他想甩开它们,忘记它们,振作起来。
■He has a brace he's wearing.The swelling is at a minimum right now.
他现在带着一个护具,肿胀在最低的程度。
■He wore a brace on his knee.
他的膝上戴着支撑器。
■The giant always brace up to achieve to goal when in adversity cause why they always be bigness?
伟人之所以伟大,是因为他与别人共处逆境时,别人失去了信心,他却下决心实现自己的目标。
■But a brace from Emile Heskey earned The Latics deserved parity, only for Robben to steal in at the death.
但赫斯基困境中的崛起使得维根完全有理由把比分扳平,最后是靠了罗本的进球才挽救切尔西了。
■So brace yourself -- these could get kinda ugly.
但这些丑陋的网页能激励设计者不断追求进步。
■Brace yourself for bad news!
你得做好准备听坏消息。
■You'll have to brace up to your misfortune and get on with your work.
你得做好准备正视自己的不幸,继续干你的工作。
■Brace yourself for the danger.
你必须做好一切准备防止危险。
■Have you a pair of brace?
你有一付背带吗?
■Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.
你要如勇士束腰;我问你,你可以指示我。
■Use a tripod or brace with the camera on a wall or fence because slow shutter speeds will be needed.
使用一个相机自带的架子放在围栏上,因为要使用慢快门。
■To brace(a yard) fore and aft.
使船转向向首尾拉紧(横桅杆)
■Nautical To brace (a yard) fore and aft.
使船转向:向首尾拉紧(横桅杆)
■Now Clarke has told Chelsea TV: “Joe is okay. He has got the brace off his leg. He is moving around on his own.
克拉克已经告知切尔西电视台:“乔科尔还不错。他已经脱下了拐杖。他可以自行走动了。”
■And at the age of eight she was walking a bit with the aid of a leg brace.
八岁时,她借助于腿的支撑架能稍微走一走了。
■Western politicians should brace themselves for more talk of economic power drifting inexorably to the East.
关于经济力量不可阻挡的东迁之势,西方政客们也该促膝长谈了。
■Interest rates were raised to brace up the sagging dollar.
利率提高了,藉以支撑疲软的美元。
■Interest rate is raised to brace up the sagging dollar.
利率提高了,藉以支撑疲软的美元。
■USA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers.
北京:北京大学出版社。
■Northern Ireland households have been warned to brace themselves for an expected hike in energy prices.
北爱尔兰的住户已得到警告,要振奋精神,为自己的预期上涨的能源价格。