brace
英 [bre?s]
美[bres]
- n. 支柱；[语] 大括号；曲柄
- vt. 支撑；振作起来；激励；撑牢
- vi. 支持；打起精神
- adj. 曲柄的
- n. (Brace)人名；(英)布雷斯；(法)布拉斯
英英释意
- 1. a support that steadies or strengthens something else;
- "he wore a brace on his knee"
- 2. two items of the same kind
- 3. a set of two similar things considered as a unit
- 4. either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material
- 5. a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it
- 6. elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)
- 7. an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
- 8. the stock of a tool used for turning a drilling bit
- 9. a structural member used to stiffen a framework