详细释义
- 激励
- 使绷紧,拉紧,系紧
- 使防备
- 振奋,振作(精神),鼓起勇气
- 做好准备,做准备,防备
- 顶住,抵住
- 绷紧肌肉
- 加强,加固
- 支撑,撑牢,支住
- 给...装拉条
- 张(弓)
- 叉开(两腿)
- 使(神经)紧张
- 【海】以转帆索转(帆)
- 【印】用大括弧括
- 使自己站稳
- <美俚> 拦住…当面(或提出)责问
- <美俚> 向…借钱;要求施舍
- 一对,一双
- 背带,吊裤带
- 大括号,大括弧
- 支柱,支架,撑柱,支持物
- 【机】手摇曲柄钻
- 矫正器
- 箍子,夹子,牙箍
- 猎获的一对鸟
- 曲柄
- 【建】拉条
- 【机】撑臂
- vt. 支住,撑牢,使绷紧 support; give firmness to; make (sth) stronger or firmer;reinforce
- vt. 使自己站稳,振作起来 steady oneself; stand firm
英英释义
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a support that steadies or strengthens something else;
"he wore a brace on his knee"
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two items of the same kind
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a set of two similar things considered as a unit
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either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material
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a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it
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elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)
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an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
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a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring
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a structural member used to stiffen a framework
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prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
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support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace;
"brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel"
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support by bracing
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cause to be alert and energetic;
"Coffee and tea stimulate me"
"This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
双语例句
- 1. She wears a neck brace.
- 她戴着颈托。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. My daughter has to wear a brace on her teeth.
- 我的女儿得戴牙套以矫正牙齿.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. You had better brace yourself for some bad news.
- 有些坏消息,你最好做好准备.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The doctor cautioned him to brace up.
- 医生告诫他要振奋精神.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. He tried to shake them off, to forget and brace up.
- 他想甩开它们, 忘记它们,振作起来.
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- It is urgent that we brace against hurricanes.
我们必须做好防飓风的准备。 - The struts are firmly braced.
那些支柱上得很牢固。 - She braced herself against the wall.
她靠在墙上。 - He faced the angry crowd, his arms folded, his legs braced.
面对着愤怒的人群,他抱紧双臂,绷紧双腿。 - The mountain air will brace you.
山中空气将使你振作精神。 - The odor of souls is a brace to the walls.
灵魂的气息是这些砖墙的支柱。 - She has got rid of her leg brace and regained use of her left arm.
她已不再用腿部支架,左臂也能重新活动。 - My daughter has to wear a brace on her teeth.
我的女儿得戴牙箍以矫正牙齿。 - He came home with a brace of rabbits in the bag.
他带着装着一对兔子的口袋回家来了。
- This strut braces the beam.
这根柱子支撑房梁。 - They braced themselves behind the gun.
他们在炮后死死顶着。 - We had to brace the walls when we put the new roof on.
架上新房顶时我们得要撑牢墙壁。 - The mountain air will brace you.
山中空气将使你振作精神。 - The fresh morning air brace him.
清晨,新鲜的空气使他精神振作。 - You should brace yourself.
你应该振作起来。
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- The struts are firmly braced.
那些支柱上得很牢靠。 - He braced himself to meet the blow.
他振作精神去承受这个打击。 - She braced herself to lead a normal life.
她振作起来去过正常生活。
用法讲解
- brace的基本意思是“支撑”,指“支住,撑牢,使绷紧”,以使被支撑物在压力面前坚固,坚硬,不屈服。引申可指“使某人站稳,振作起来”。
- brace是及物动词,可接名词或代词作简单宾语,一般不接动名词或从句。
- brace, bolster, buttress, maintain, prop, support, sustain
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- 这组词的共同意思是“支撑”。其区别在于:support指有基础或基座来承受某物的压力或重量,使其不坍塌或倒下,用于比喻可指能够经受住艰难困苦而不屈服; bolster指用垫枕等支撑物来支撑或承受负荷; brace指用支柱、支架来支住、撑牢某物,使其能抗住压力; buttress指用在建筑物应力点上加扶壁的办法来支住、加固某物,引申指用物质、金钱、事实等来支持某论点; maintain指保持某种状况或状态,给予所需的力量,以防力量、价值等有所损失; prop指支持需要立即加强或加固的事物; sustain强调始终不渝地支撑或保持。例如:
- This matter bolstered up his pride.这件事提高了他的自尊心。
- The struts are firmly braced.构架的支柱很牢固。
- She buttressed her argument with lots of solid facts.她用很多具体事实来支持她的论点。
- The state maintains the highways.政府养护公路。
- She propped up the baby's head by putting her hand behind its neck.她把手放在婴孩的头后,支撑他的头。
- She was sustained by pride in her family.对家庭的自豪感支持着她。
- brace up (v.+adv.)
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振奋精神 take heart
brace sth ⇔ upThey braced up the old house with balks of timber.
他们用梁木加固旧房子。
brace upThe doctor cautioned him to brace up.
医生告诫他要振奋精神。
brace sb ⇔ upShe braced herself up and tried once more.
她鼓起勇气又试了一次。
- brace oneself for (v.+pron.+prep.)
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做好准备 prepare for (sth)
brace oneself for sthYou had better brace yourself for some bad news.
有些坏消息,你最好做好准备。
The country is bracing itself for the threatened enemy invasion.
这个国家正准备奋起抵抗敌人的入侵威胁。
相关词汇
- support 支持
- tighten 使紧
- prop 支柱
- bracket 档次
- strengthen 加强
- tie 束缚
- steady 稳定的
- chock 楔子
- fix 使 ... 固定
- block 街区
- lock 锁
- clench 紧握
- stiffen 使 ... 坚硬
- strut 高视阔步
- stay 停留
- crutch 拐杖
- buttress 扶墙
- leg 腿
- fortify 加强
- supporter 支持者
- reinforce 加固
- shoulder 肩膀
- steel 钢铁
- pair 一对
- clamp 夹子
- a 英语字母表的第一个字母...
- yoke 轭
- duad 成对的东西
- braces 吊带
- duo 成对的表演者...
- gallus 吊裤带
- stabilize 使安定
- dyad 二数
- span 时期
- twosome 两人一组
- duet 二重奏
- stabilise (使) 稳定
- distich 对句
- perk up 昂首翘尾
- arouse 叫醒
- couplet 对句
- bitstock 手摇钻
- energize 使活跃
- poise 平衡
- bracing 撑杆
- twain <古>二
- stimulate 刺激
- couple 对
- suspender 吊袜带
- energise 供给 ... 能量...