Bracket
['brækɪt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf).
(noun.) either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material.
(noun.) either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material.
(noun.) a category falling within certain defined limits.
(verb.) classify or group.
(verb.) place into brackets; 'Please bracket this remark'.
(verb.) support with brackets; 'bracket bookshelves'.
乔安娜錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office.
(n.) A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles.
(n.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
(n.) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.
(n.) One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also crotchet.
(n.) A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like.
(v. t.) To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets.
錄入:伦纳德
解釋/意思:
n. a support for something fastened to a wall the ornamental metal pipe bearing gas-lamps &c.: (pl.) in printing the marks used to enclose one or more words: one of the side pieces of a gun-carriage supporting the trunnions.—v.t. to support by brackets: to enclose by brackets: to group two names as in an honour list implying equality.
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例句/造句/用法:
- For a long time he gazed upward at it, and then in an attempt to get nearer to it he rested his knee upon a wooden bracket on the wall. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- We met under the light of a lamp on a bracket. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Brackets of cast iron, for holding the axle to the floor, are made in the foundry. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Archer mounted the stairs, turned up the light, and put a match to the brackets on each side of the library mantelpiece. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- In all sorts of recesses, and on all kinds of brackets, stood massive old silver candlesticks with four branches each. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
手打:萨拜娜