Brace

[breɪs] or [bres]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a structural member used to stiffen a framework.

(noun.) a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring.

(noun.) an appliance that corrects dental irregularities.

(noun.) a support that steadies or strengthens something else; 'he wore a brace on his knee'.

(noun.) elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural).

(noun.) a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it.

(noun.) either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material.

(verb.) support by bracing.

(verb.) support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; 'brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel'.

(verb.) prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult.

汉密尔顿校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

(n.) A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum.

(n.) The state of being braced or tight; tension.

(n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.

(n.) A vertical curved line connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be taken together; thus, boll, bowl; or, in music, used to connect staves.

(n.) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.

(n.) A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.

(n.) A pair; a couple; as, a brace of ducks; now rarely applied to persons, except familiarly or with some contempt.

(n.) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.

(n.) Harness; warlike preparation.

(n.) Armor for the arm; vantbrace.

(n.) The mouth of a shaft.

(v. t.) To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building.

(v. t.) To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves.

(v. t.) To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.

(v. t.) To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd.

(v. t.) To move around by means of braces; as, to brace the yards.

(v. i.) To get tone or vigor; to rouse one's energies; -- with up.

手打:尼尔

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Tighten, draw tight, make tense, strain up.[2]. Strengthen, fortify, support, prop, give strength to.

n. [1]. Couple, pair.[2]. Prop, support, stay, shore, strut.[3]. Bit-stock.

拜伦整理

解釋/意思:

n. anything that draws together and holds tightly: a bandage: a pair or couple: an instrument of wood or iron used by carpenters and metal-workers for turning boring tools: in printing a mark connecting two or more words or lines (}): (pl.) straps for supporting the trousers: ropes for squaring or traversing horizontally the yards of a ship.—v.t. to tighten or strengthen to give firmness to.—adj. Brac′ing giving strength or tone.

v.t. (Spens.) to embrace encompass.

整理:莱克格斯