英语词汇“to brace up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. To ‘string up’ (nerves, sinews, etc.), give firmness or tone to; also passive (without up), to feel encouraged, to be ‘bucked’. So also to brace up.

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the world > health and disease > make healthy [verb (transitive)] > bring into good condition

season1601

brace1736

fine1835

tonify1858

tonicize1884

1736 T. Gray Statius in Corr. May (1971) I. 42 His vigorous arm he try'd..Brac'd all his nerves, and every sinew strung.

1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 66 Medicines, to brace and wind up the Stomach.

c1750 W. Shenstone Elegies ix. 14 They gave you toils, but toils your sinews brace.

1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. I. iii. 40 Would to Heaven his nerves had been as braced up as his face.

1879 C. Rossetti Seek & Find 56 Winter which nips can also brace.

1902 M. Barnes-Grundy Thames Camp 219 Zac and I are going to the seaside to be ‘braced up’.

1915 H. Rosher In Royal Naval Air Service (1916) 78 The C.O. was awfully braced.

c. intransitive. to brace up: to brace oneself; to pull oneself together for an effort; also, to take a drink for this purpose. Originally U.S.

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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] > prepare for an effort

bracea1500

to gird (up) the loins1526

to brace up1809

1809 Deb. Congress 20 Jan. 1148 We have been..bracing up; we have had plenty of good wine.

1817 S. R. Brown Western Gazetteer 354 If the stomach be foul..take an emetic, and then brace up with bark.

1845 C. M. Kirkland Western Clearings 62 He braces up for the occasion.

1856 E. G. Parker 4 July Orat. (Boston) 7 We may brace up for one day.

1888 Texas Siftings 18 Aug. (Farmer) Let's go over to the saloon and brace up with a snifter.

1893 Strand Mag. 6 216/1 At the end of the week she braced up again and soon got over her passion.

1896 G. Ade Artie x. 88 W'y, you big stiff, brace up and get through with it before you go daffy.

a1910 ‘M. Twain’ Myst. Stranger (1916) 130 All that was needed..was that Wilhelm should brace up and do something that should cause favorable talk.

1958 M. Dickens Man Overboard ix. 145 Don't make a scene, Mum... Brace up.

单词	to brace up
释义	> as lemmas to brace up a. To ‘string up’ (nerves, sinews, etc.), give firmness or tone to; also passive (without up), to feel encouraged, to be ‘bucked’. So also to brace up. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > make healthy [verb (transitive)] > bring into good condition season1601 brace1736 fine1835 tonify1858 tonicize1884 1736 T. Gray Statius in Corr. May (1971) I. 42 His vigorous arm he try'd..Brac'd all his nerves, and every sinew strung. 1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 66 Medicines, to brace and wind up the Stomach. c1750 W. Shenstone Elegies ix. 14 They gave you toils, but toils your sinews brace. 1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. I. iii. 40 Would to Heaven his nerves had been as braced up as his face. 1879 C. Rossetti Seek & Find 56 Winter which nips can also brace. 1902 M. Barnes-Grundy Thames Camp 219 Zac and I are going to the seaside to be ‘braced up’. 1915 H. Rosher In Royal Naval Air Service (1916) 78 The C.O. was awfully braced. extracted from bracev.¹ to brace up c. intransitive. to brace up: to brace oneself; to pull oneself together for an effort; also, to take a drink for this purpose. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] > prepare for an effort bracea1500 to gird (up) the loins1526 to brace up1809 1809 Deb. Congress 20 Jan. 1148 We have been..bracing up; we have had plenty of good wine. 1817 S. R. Brown Western Gazetteer 354 If the stomach be foul..take an emetic, and then brace up with bark. 1845 C. M. Kirkland Western Clearings 62 He braces up for the occasion. 1856 E. G. Parker 4 July Orat. (Boston) 7 We may brace up for one day. 1888 Texas Siftings 18 Aug. (Farmer) Let's go over to the saloon and brace up with a snifter. 1893 Strand Mag. 6 216/1 At the end of the week she braced up again and soon got over her passion. 1896 G. Ade Artie x. 88 W'y, you big stiff, brace up and get through with it before you go daffy. a1910 ‘M. Twain’ Myst. Stranger (1916) 130 All that was needed..was that Wilhelm should brace up and do something that should cause favorable talk. 1958 M. Dickens Man Overboard ix. 145 Don't make a scene, Mum... Brace up. extracted from bracev.¹ < as lemmas
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