| 单词 | brace |
| 释义 | brace (once / 370 pages) 1nv 2n 3n A brace is a support that helps to steady or strengthen, and to brace is to prepare for something hard. So brace yourself for that impromptu meeting with your boss if you haven't been performing well. We all know the braces that straighten teeth and keep injured knees in line. But in verb form, brace means to bolster or steady. “Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather,” said John Ruskin, the English writer and cultural critic. He means the wind supports us with its uplifting powers — although those living in tornado country might disagree. WORD FAMILYbrace: braced, bracer, braces, bracing, unbrace+/bracer: bracers/bracing: bracingly, bracings/unbrace: unbraced, unbraces, unbracing USAGE EXAMPLESArizona running back David Johnson ended his season finale on the sideline and with a brace on his left knee. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Their trunks, ten to fifteen feet in diameter, were braced with massive buttresses and knees. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) The era of fedora hats, braces and brogues fits Affleck’s classic matinee idol good looks, too. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n a support that steadies or strengthens something else he wore a brace on his knee Hypo|Hyper ankle brace a brace worn to strengthen the ankle back bracea brace worn to support the back knee bracea brace worn to strengthen the knee neck bracea brace worn to steady the neck skega brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost reinforcement, strengthener a device designed to provide additional strength supportany device that bears the weight of another thing 2n a structural member used to stiffen a framework Syn|Hypo|Hyper bracing crosspiece a transverse brace gusset, gusset platea metal plate used to strengthen a joist guy, guy cable, guy rope, guy wirea cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) stay(nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar stringerbrace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a fuselage or hull strutbrace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression crosstie, railroad tie, sleeper, tieone of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track backstaya stay that supports the back of something crossbarlong thin horizontal crosspiece between two vertical posts forestayan adjustable stay from the foremast to the deck or bowsprit; controls the bending of the mast rundle, rung, spokeone of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder round, rung, stavea crosspiece between the legs of a chair cross thwart, thwarta crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat transom, traversea horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it reinforcement, strengthener a device designed to provide additional strength structural membersupport that is a constituent part of any structure or building 3n a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it Hypo|Hyper royal brace a brace to secure the royal mast rope a strong line 4n elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural) Syn|Hyper gallus, suspender man's clothing clothing that is designed for men to wear 5n an appliance that corrects dental irregularities Syn|Hyper braces, orthodontic braces dental appliance a device to repair teeth or replace missing teeth 6n a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring Syn|Hyper bitstock stock the handle end of some implements or tools 7v support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel Syn|Hypo|Hyper stabilise, stabilize, steady ballast make steady with a ballast guysteady or support with a guy wire or cable beef up, fortify, strengthen make strong or stronger 8v support by bracing Hypo|Hyper tread brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center hold, hold up, support, sustain be the physical support of; carry the weight of 9v prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult Syn|Hypo|Hyper poise nerve, steel get ready for something difficult or unpleasant fix, gear up, prepare, ready, set, set up make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc 10v cause to be alert and energetic 2Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper arouse, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate calm, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to de-energise, de-energizedeprive of energy cathect inject with libidinal energy animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivifygive new life or energy to invigorate, reinvigorateimpart vigor, strength, or vitality to animate, enliven, invigorate, liven, liven upmake lively ginger up, jazz up, juice up, pep upmake more interesting or lively inspirit, spirit, spirit upinfuse with spirit affect act physically on; have an effect upon 1n a set of two similar things considered as a unit Syn|Hypo|Hyper pair Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Tweedledum and Tweedledee any two people who are hard to tell apart set a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used 2n two items of the same kind 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke doubleton (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player 2, II, deuce, two the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number n either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material Hyper punctuation, punctuation mark the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases |
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