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1. Oxford Dictionary

   brace

   • IPA[breɪs]

   英式

   • n.
     a device fitted to something, in particular a weak or injured part of the body, to give support；a strengthening piece of iron or timber used in building or carpentry.
   • v.
     make (a structure) stronger or firmer with wood, iron, or other forms of support；press (one's body or part of one's body) firmly against something in order to stay balanced

   • verb: brace, 3rd person present: braces, gerund or present participle: bracing, past tense: braced, past participle: braced

   • noun: brace, plural noun: braces

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a device fitted to something, in particular a weak or injured part of the body, to give support a neck brace 同義詞 support, caliper, truss, surgical appliance
   • ▪ a strengthening piece of iron or timber used in building or carpentry. 同義詞 prop, beam, joist, batten, rod, ... 更多post, pole, column, strut, stay, support, truss, reinforcement, buttress, shore, stanchion, bracket, sprag
   • ▪ a wire device fitted in the mouth to straighten the teeth.
   • ▪ a drilling tool with a crank handle and a socket to hold a bit. 同義詞 drill, drilling tool, boring tool, rotary tool
   • ▪ a rope attached to the yard of a ship for trimming the sail.
   • 2. British a pair of straps that pass over the shoulders and fasten to the top of trousers at the front and back to hold them up.
   • 3. a pair of something, typically of birds or mammals killed in hunting thirty brace of grouse 同義詞 pair, couple, duo, twosome, duology, ... 更多two, rareduplet, dyad, duad, doubleton
   • 4. 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. 同義詞 bracket, parenthesis
   • ▪ a similar mark connecting staves to be performed at the same time.

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. make (a structure) stronger or firmer with wood, iron, or other forms of support the posts were braced by lengths of timber 同義詞 support, shore up, prop up, hold up, buttress, ... 更多carry, bear, underpin, strengthen, reinforce, fortify, archaicunderprop
   • ▪ press (one's body or part of one's body) firmly against something in order to stay balanced she braced her feet against a projecting shelf 同義詞 steady, secure, stabilize, fix, make fast, ... 更多prop, poise, tense, tighten, stiffen, strain
   • ▪ tense the muscles in (a part of one's body) in order to stay stiffly in a certain position he stood with legs braced
   • 2. prepare (oneself) for something difficult or unpleasant both stations are bracing themselves for job losses police are braced for a traffic nightmare today 同義詞 prepare, get ready, make ready, gear up, nerve, ... 更多steel, galvanize, gird, strengthen, fortify, bolster, buttress, informalpsych oneself up

   片語

   • brace up