Word · Frequency #8937
brace
支架；支撑；支撑物
a support that steadies, strengthens, or holds something firmly in place
- 1.
A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
用于握住和转动钻头等的弯曲工具或手柄
- 2.
a support that steadies or strengthens something else
稳定或加强其他东西的支撑物
- 3.
That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
用于紧紧固定或牢固支撑某物的东西；绷带或支柱。
- 4.
two items of the same kind
两个相同种类的物品
- 5.
A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
用于产生或维持张力的绳索、韧带或杆
- 6.
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
作为一个单位考虑的两件相似物品
- 7.
A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
用于调节鼓面张力的皮带。
- 8.
The state of being braced or tight; tension.
被拉紧或紧绷的状态；张力
- 9.
Harness; warlike preparation.
马具；战争准备。
- 10.
A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in {role, roll}; in music, used to connect staves.
连接两个或多个词或行的弯曲尖线,称为“花括号”:{ 或 },在音乐中用于连接五线谱
- 11.
A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally (e.g., a brace of conies) and then other things, but rarely human persons. (In British use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.)
一对,一双；最初用于狗,后用于动物(如一对兔子),再后来用于其他事物,但很少用于人。(英式用法中,作为复数,尤指猎鸟。)
- 12.
A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.
用于传递或改变重量或压力方向的材料；在框架或桁架中将结构分成三角形部分的任何一块材料
- 13.
A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
穿过帆桁末端滑车的绳索,用于水平移动帆桁；亦指舵舵钮。
- 14.
A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite.
用于矫正牙齿不齐或减少咬合过度的线、支架和橡皮筋系统
- 15.
Two goals scored by one player in a game.
一名球员在一场比赛中攻入两球。
- 16.
Two wickets taken with two consecutive deliveries.
连续两球出局
一对；一双；花括号；大括号；支撑；斜撑；拉条；手摇钻；曲柄钻；拉紧装置；张紧带
In use
The carpenter added a metal brace to the wooden frame to prevent it from wobbling.
She wore a knee brace after the injury to stabilize the joint during recovery.
The bridge's steel braces are essential for withstanding strong winds.
he wore a brace on his knee
Connections
Collocations
- a brace of pheasants
- 一对野鸡
- The hunter returned with a brace of pheasants.猎人带着一对野鸡回来了。
- brace and bit
- 手摇钻；曲柄钻
- A brace and bit is handy for making holes in wood.手摇钻在木头上钻孔很方便。
- curly braces
- 花括号
- Put the items inside curly braces.把各项放在花括号内。
- knee brace
- 护膝；膝部支撑器
- He wore a knee brace while playing basketball.他打篮球时戴着护膝。
- wear braces
- 戴牙套
- Many teenagers have to wear braces to straighten their teeth.许多青少年为了矫正牙齿而必须戴牙套。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
brace 像 b + race（比赛）：比赛时用护具/支架支撑身体，记住 brace 意为“支架、支撑物；使稳固”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：医疗康复、建筑工程、运动防护 在表示“支架、支撑物”时，语气通常比较中性，比较常见于医疗康复、建筑工程和运动防护等说明性语境。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All of the following rhyme with brace: face, space, grace, place, trace, race (all end with /eɪs/). Beware lookalikes that sound different: 'braces' /ˈbreɪsɪz/ has two syllables; 'brake' /breɪk/ and 'brave' /breɪv/ do not rhyme with brace.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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