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

verb | noun

bracebrace1 /breɪs/ ●○○ verb

VERB TABLE

brace

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	brace
	he, she, it	braces
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	braced
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have braced
	he, she, it	has braced
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had braced
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will brace
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have braced

Continuous Form
Present	I	am bracing
	he, she, it	is bracing
	you, we, they	are bracing
Past	I, he, she, it	was bracing
	you, we, they	were bracing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been bracing
	he, she, it	has been bracing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been bracing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be bracing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been bracing

COLLOCATIONS► brace themselves for

Castro told Cubans to brace themselves for widespread shortages of fuel.

► brace themselves

The pilot told passengers and crew to brace themselves for a crash landing.

1[intransitive, transitive] to prepare for something bad or difficult that is going to happen: brace for something Eastern Missouri braced for another foot of snow. Castro told Cubans to brace themselves for widespread shortages of fuel.2[intransitive, transitive] to make your body or part of your body stiff in order to prepare to do something difficult, or to stop yourself from falling, being thrown forward, etc.: Stand with your back straight and your knees braced. The pilot told passengers and crew to brace themselves for a crash landing.3[transitive] to push part of your body against something solid in order to make yourself more steady: brace something against something Terry braced his back against the wall and pushed.4[transitive] to make something stronger by supporting it: The building uses steel poles to brace the roof.

verb | noun

bracebrace2 noun

ETYMOLOGYbrace²

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French two arms, from Latin bracchium arm

1[countable] something that is used to strengthen, stiffen, or support something: a neck brace The steel beam serves as a brace for the ceiling.2braces [plural] a connected set of wires that people, especially children, sometimes wear on their teeth to make them straight3[countable usually plural] a metal support that someone with weak legs wears to help him or her walk4[countable usually plural] one of a pair of signs { } used to show that information written between them should be considered together → bracket5a brace of something old-fashioned two of something [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French two arms, from Latin bracchium arm]