bracket

noun

/ˈbrækɪt/

(also round bracket)
(both British English)
(also parenthesis North American English or formal)
[usually plural] either of a pair of marks, ( ), placed around extra information in a piece of writing or part of a problem in mathematics括号
- Publication dates are given in brackets after each title.出版日期括于书名后面。
- Add the numbers in brackets first.先把括号里的数字加起来。
see also angle bracket compare brace
- The prices are given in brackets.价格列在括号中。
- The words in brackets should be deleted.括号中的字应删除。
- The numbers outside the curly brackets (= ⎨⎬) are the sales figures.大括号外的数字是销售量。
Topics Languagec1, Maths and measurementc1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- angle
- curly
- round
- …
verb + brackets
- enclose something in
- give something in
- put something in
- …
preposition
- in brackets
- inside brackets
- within brackets
- …
(North American English)
(especially British English square bracket)
[usually plural] either of a pair of marks, [ ], placed at the beginning and end of extra information in a text, especially comments made by an editor方括号Topics Languagec1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- angle
- curly
- round
- …
verb + brackets
- enclose something in
- give something in
- put something in
- …
preposition
- in brackets
- inside brackets
- within brackets
- …
price, age, income, etc. bracket prices, etc. within a particular range（价格、年龄、收入等的）组级，等级
- People in the lower income brackets will not be able to afford this.低收入阶层的人负担不起。
- Most of the houses are out of our price bracket.大多数房子都超出我们的价格范围。
- the 30–34 age bracket (= people aged between 30 and 34)30–34 岁的年龄组
- This model remains firmly in the upper price bracket.这种型号的价格仍然居高不下。
- She found that she fell into a higher tax bracket.她发现自己属于一个更高的税级。
- Most respondents were in the 45–60 age bracket.大多数参与调查的人年龄在45至60岁之间。
- His income was in a fairly low earnings bracket.他的收入处于相当低的收入水平。
- people outside this age bracket不属于该年龄层的人
- These machines are in the higher price bracket.这些机器属于价钱比较高的档次。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- age
- income
- price
- …
preposition
- in a/the bracket
- within a/the bracket
- outside a/the bracket
- …
a piece of wood, metal or plastic fixed to the wall to support a shelf, lamp, etc.（固定在墙上的）托架，支架
- fixed to the wall on a bracket用支架固定在墙上

词源late 16th cent.: from French braguette or Spanish bragueta ‘codpiece, bracket, corbel’, from Provençal braga, from Latin braca, (plural) bracae ‘breeches’.

bracket

verb

/ˈbrækɪt/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they bracket	/ˈbrækɪt/ /ˈbrækɪt/
he / she / it brackets	/ˈbrækɪts/ /ˈbrækɪts/
past simple bracketed	/ˈbrækɪtɪd/ /ˈbrækɪtɪd/
past participle bracketed	/ˈbrækɪtɪd/ /ˈbrækɪtɪd/
-ing form bracketing	/ˈbrækɪtɪŋ/ /ˈbrækɪtɪŋ/

bracket something to put words, information, etc. between brackets用括弧括上
bracket A and B (together) | bracket A (together) with B [often passive] to consider people or things to be similar or connected in some way把…等同考虑；把…相提并论
- It is unfair to bracket together those who cannot work with those who will not.把不能工作的人和不愿工作的人等同看待是不公平的。
- He is sometimes wrongly bracketed with the ‘new wave’ film directors.他有时被错误地归类为“新浪潮”电影导演。
- The two writers are often bracketed together by critics.评论界经常将这两位作家相提并论。

词源late 16th cent.: from French braguette or Spanish bragueta ‘codpiece, bracket, corbel’, from Provençal braga, from Latin braca, (plural) bracae ‘breeches’.