brace是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 something that is used to support or connect things, or to make something stronger -- 托架，支架

  • He was recently fitted with a brace for his bad back. 他最近因背部受伤戴了一个支撑架。

  • I had to wear a brace for my crooked teeth when I was a teenager. 十几岁时我不得不给我的畸形齿上戴上牙箍。

  • a pair of braces 一副背带

• 1 two things of the same type, especially two wild birds that have been killed for sport or food -- （尤指猎获的野鸟的）一双，一对

  • a brace of pheasants 一对野鸡

• 2 to support an object in order to stop it from falling down -- 支撑，加固；使绷紧

  • The side wall of the old house was braced with a wooden support. 老房子的边墙用木结构加固了。

• 3 to prepare yourself physically or mentally for something unpleasant -- （为困难或坏事）使防备；使作准备

  • The passengers were told to brace themselves (= to press their bodies hard against something or hold them very stiff) for a crash landing. 乘客们被告知要做好迫降准备。

  • She told me she had some bad news for me and I braced myself for a shock. 她说有坏消息要告诉我，我已做好了承受打击的准备。