brace，英语单词，主要用作名词、动词。作名词时意为“支撑物，支架；牙箍，牙齿矫正器；大括弧，大括号；一对”，作动词时意为“使作好准备；支撑，加固；抵住，顶住；绷紧”等。

英 [breɪs] 美 [breɪs]

v. （使）作好准备；支撑，加固；抵住，顶住；（身体或身体某部分）绷紧

n. 支撑物，支架；牙箍，牙齿矫正器；大括弧，大括号；一对（猎获的鸟）；<英>吊裤带，背带；手摇曲柄；（船上的）转帆索

【名】 （Brace）（美）布雷斯（人名）

[ 复数 braces 第三人称单数 braces 现在分词 bracing 过去式 braced 过去分词 braced ]

柯林斯英汉双解大词典

brace /breɪs/ CET6 TEM8 ( bracing, braced, braces )

1.V-T If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it. 准备 (面对不愉快或困难之事)

2.V-T If you brace yourself against something or brace part of your body against it, you press against something in order to steady your body or to avoid falling. 抵住

3.V-T If you brace your shoulders or knees, you keep them stiffly in a particular position. 绷紧 (肩或膝盖)

4.V-T To brace something means to strengthen or support it with something else. 支撑

5.N-COUNT A brace is a device attached to a part of a person's body, for example, to a weak leg, in order to strengthen or support it. 支架

6.N-PLURAL Braces are a metal device that can be fastened to a person's teeth in order to help them grow straight. 牙箍

7.N-COUNT [美国英语] →see curly brackets

8.N-PLURAL Braces are a pair of straps that pass over your shoulders and fasten to your trousers at the front and back in order to stop them from falling down. (裤子的) 背带 [英国英语]

brace up 下定决心；打起精神

brace yourself 振作精神，振作起来

corner brace 齿轮传动手摇钻，角撑

brace bit 弓形手钻嘴 ; 曲柄钻 ; [机] 钻孔器 ; 摇钻

hand brace 手摇钻 ; 曲柄钻 ; 足摇钻

ratchet brace 棘齿弓钻 ; 棘轮摇钻 ; 棘轮曲柄钻 ; 棘轮扳钻

diagonal brace 对角拉筋

brace for 准备 ; 筹备 ; 括号为 ; 为大括号

angle brace [建] 角撑 ; 斜撑

Brace up 紧握球棒 ; 奋起 ; 打起精神

bit brace 手摇钻 ; 曲柄钻头 ; 摇钻柄 ; 曲柄钻

crank brace [机] 曲柄钻 ; 手摇钻