brace

noun

/breɪs/

Idioms

[countable] a device that holds things together or holds and supports them in position箍子；夹子；支架
- a neck brace (= worn to support the neck after an injury)矫治用的颈箍
Topics Medicinec1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- knee
- leg
- neck
- …
verb + brace
- have
- wear
preposition
- brace on
[countable]
(North American English braces [plural])
a metal device that people, especially children, wear inside the mouth to help their teeth grow straight（儿童）牙箍
- My daughter has to wear a brace on her teeth.我的女儿得戴牙箍以矫正牙齿。
- He had braces on his teeth.他戴着牙箍。
- I used to wear a brace.我过去戴过矫正器。
Topics Bodyc2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- knee
- leg
- neck
- …
verb + brace
- have
- wear
preposition
- brace on
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braces
(British English)
(North American English suspenders)
[plural] long narrow pieces of cloth, leather, etc. for holding trousers up. They are fastened to the top of the trousers at the front and back and passed over the shoulders.吊裤带；背带
- a pair of braces一副吊裤带
- The braces held up his trousers.他的裤子是靠背带拉起来的。
Topics Clothes and Fashionc2
Collocations Dictionary
braces + verb
- hold something up
- support something
(North American English)
(British English calliper)
[countable, usually plural] a metal support for weak or injured legs双脚规形夹（支撑无力或受伤的腿的金属支架）
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- knee
- leg
- neck
- …
verb + brace
- have
- wear
preposition
- brace on
[countable] either of the two marks, { }, used to show that the words, etc. between them are connected大括弧；大括号 compare bracketTopics Languagec2
[countable]
(plural brace)
a pair of birds or animals that have been killed in hunting猎获的一对鸟（或兽）
- two brace of partridge(s)两对山鹑。
- He scored a brace of goals.他进了两个球。

词源Middle English (as a verb meaning ‘clasp, fasten tightly’): from Old French bracier ‘embrace’, from brace ‘two arms’, from Latin bracchia, plural of bracchium ‘arm’, from Greek brakhiōn.

Idioms

belt and braces

(informal) taking more actions than are really necessary to make sure that something succeeds or works as it should双管齐下；多重保障
- a belt-and-braces policy稳妥可靠的政策
More Like This Alliteration in idioms
Alliteration in idioms
- belt and braces
- black and blue
- born and bred
- chalk and cheese
- chop and change
- done and dusted
- down and dirty
- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
- facts and figures
- fast and furious
- first and foremost
- forgive and forget
- hale and hearty
- hem and haw
- kith and kin
- mix and match
- part and parcel
- puff and pant
- to rack and ruin
- rant and rave
- risk life and limb
- short and sweet
- signed and sealed
- spic and span
- through thick and thin
- this and that
- top and tail
- tried and tested
- wax and wane

brace

verb

/breɪs/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they brace	/breɪs/ /breɪs/
he / she / it braces	/ˈbreɪsɪz/ /ˈbreɪsɪz/
past simple braced	/breɪst/ /breɪst/
past participle braced	/breɪst/ /breɪst/
-ing form bracing	/ˈbreɪsɪŋ/ /ˈbreɪsɪŋ/

brace somebody/yourself (for something) | brace somebody/yourself (to do something) to prepare somebody/yourself for something difficult or unpleasant that is going to happen（为困难或坏事）使做准备；使防备
- UN troops are braced for more violence.联合国部队准备应付更多的暴行。
- They are bracing themselves for a long legal battle.他们在为漫长的法律诉讼做准备。
brace something/yourself (against something) to press your body or part of your body strongly against something in order to stop yourself from falling使（身体或身体部位）顶住，抵住（以免跌倒等）
- They braced themselves against the wind.他们顶着大风站稳。
brace something to contract the muscles in your body or part of your body before doing something that is physically difficult（做费劲的事之前）绷紧肌肉
- He stood with his legs and shoulders braced, ready to lift the weights.他绷紧腿和肩膀站着，准备举起杠铃。
brace something (specialist) to make something stronger or more solid by supporting it with something加强；加固
- The roof was braced by lengths of timber.屋顶用几根木头支撑固定住了。