brace

1.[c]箍子；夹子；支架a device that holds things firmly together or holds and supports them in position

3.[pl]吊裤带；背带long narrow pieces of cloth, leather, etc. for holding trousers/pants up. They are fastened to the top of the trousers/pants at the front and back and passed over the shoulders.

1.~ sb/yourself (for sth).~ sb/yourself (to do sth)（为困难或坏事）使做准备；使防备to prepare sb/yourself for sth difficult or unpleasant that is going to happen

2.~ sth/yourself (against sth)使（身体或身体部位）顶住，抵住（以免跌倒等）to press your body or part of your body firmly against sth in order to stop yourself from falling

3.~ sth（做费劲的事之前）绷紧肌肉to contract the muscles in your body or part of your body before doing sth that is physically difficult

4.~ sth加强；加固to make sth stronger or more solid by supporting it with sth

1.支柱,支持物,撑柱;【矿】支撑;坚坑口,井口;【机】撑臂,拉条;曲柄,把;【医】支架;(牙齿)矫正器

2.【航】转帆索;【印】大括弧

3.〈英〉(裤子)背带;(弓手等的)护腕带

4.(猎获物等的)一双,一对

5.〈口〉(新兵等的)生硬的立正姿势

1.使(神经)紧张;激励,振作(精神);【航】以转帆索转(帆);【印】用大括弧括

2.〈美俚〉向...借钱;向...乞求,brace oneself (up) = brace one's energies 奋勇,鼓起精神,振作

3.给...装拉条;系紧;拉紧,张(弓),叉开(两腿)

4.撑牢,支住

1.a piece of wood, metal, etc. used for supporting an object so that it does not fall down; a set of wires that you wear on your teeth to push them into the correct position. The British word is brace.; a pair of metal objects that someone wears around their legs to help them to walk. The British word is callipers.; an object that supports a part of your body and holds it in the correct position after you have injured it

2.a curly bracket

3.a pair of game birdsbirds killed for sport and then eaten; a pair of people, animals, or objects

4.suspenders

1.to get ready for something unpleasant

2.to push your body, or a part of it, against something solid and strong in order to support yourself or to avoid falling

3.to make your body, or a part of it, stiff and strong in order to do something that needs a lot of physical effort

4.to support an object with a piece of wood, metal, etc. so that it does not fall down