brace

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Armor for the arm; vambrace. obsolete
  2. A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms. obsolete
  3. A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
    — a brace and bit
  4. That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
  5. A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
  6. A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
    — The little bones of the ear drum do in straining and relaxing it as the braces of the war drum do in that.
  7. The state of being braced or tight; tension.
    — And I am of opinion, that the moſt frequent cauſe of Deafneſs is to be attributed to the Laxneſs of the Tympanum, vvhen it has loſt its Brace or Tenſion by ſome irregularity in the Figure of thoſe Bones, or defect in that Muſcle: […]
  8. Harness; warlike preparation.
    — ’Tis a Pageant / To keepe vs in falſe gaze, when we conſider / Th’importancie of Cyprus to the Turke; / And let our ſelues againe but vnderſtand, / That as it more concerne the Turke then Rhodes, / So may he with more facile queſtion beare it, / For that it ſtands not in ſuch Warrelike brace, / But altogether lackes th’abilities / That Rhodes is dreſs’d in.
  9. A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in {role, roll}; in music, used to connect staves.
  10. A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally (e.g., a brace of conies) and then other things, but rarely human persons. (In British use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.)
    — But you, my brace of Lords, were I ſo minded / I heere could plucke his Highneſſe frowne vpon you / And iuſtifie you Traitors: […]
  11. 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.
  12. A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
  13. The mouth of a shaft. Cornwall,UK
  14. Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders. UK,in-plural
  15. A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite. plural,singular
  16. Two goals scored by one player in a game.
    — Coordinate term: hat trick
  17. Two wickets taken with two consecutive deliveries.
动词 v.
  1. To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow. intransitive,transitive
    — All hands, brace for impact!
  2. To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.
    — He braced himself against the crowd.
  3. To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient sail surface to the direction of the wind.
    — to brace the yards
  4. To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
  5. To confront with questions, demands or requests.
    — Just about then the young kid who had braced us when we came in uttered a curse and made for the door.
  6. To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
    — to brace a beam in a building
  7. To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.
    — to brace the nerves
  8. To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.
    — The women of China[…], by bracing and binding them [their feet] from their infancy, have very little feet.

词形变化

braces plural braces present,singular,third-person bracing participle,present braced participle,past braced past

词汇关系

近义词
twosome
衍生词
angle brace armbrace Boston brace braceless cross brace curly brace embrace forebrace in a brace of shakes mainbrace Meole Brace Milwaukee brace neck-brace neck brace neckbrace one true brace style overbrace thoroughbrace wheel brace underbrace braceable brace up counterbrace rebrace unbrace upbrace
相关词
brace aback brace about brace abox brace by brace in brace of shakes brace oneself brace sharp

词源

词源 1
From Middle English brace, from Old French brace (“arm”), from Latin bracchia, the nominative and accusative plural of bracchium (“arm”).
词源 2
From Middle English brace, from Old French brace (“arm”), from Latin bracchia, the nominative and accusative plural of bracchium (“arm”).
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