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

noun | verb

bracketbracket1 /ˈbrækɪt/ ●●○ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYbracket¹

Origin: 1500-1600 French braguette codpiece, from brague trousers, from Latin braca; because of the way a bracket (3) sticks out

COLLOCATIONS► in brackets

All grammar information is given in brackets.

1income/tax/age etc. bracket a particular range of incomes, taxes, etc.: children in the 6–12 age bracket Peter’s salary puts him in the highest tax bracket.2PRINTED SIGN [usually plural] eng. lang. arts one of a pair of signs [ ] used to show that information written between them should be considered together → brace: All grammar information is given in brackets.3SUPPORT a piece of metal, wood, or plastic, often in the shape of the letter L, put in or on a wall to support something such as a shelf[Origin: 1500–1600 French braguette codpiece, from brague trousers, from Latin braca; because of the way a bracket (3) sticks out]

noun | verb

bracketbracket2 verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

bracket

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	bracket
	he, she, it	brackets
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	bracketed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have bracketed
	he, she, it	has bracketed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had bracketed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will bracket
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have bracketed

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

1to put brackets around a written word, piece of information, etc., especially to show that the information given should be considered together: Unpaid amounts have been bracketed.2to consider two or more people or things as being similar or the same: be bracketed together Subway, train, and bus services are bracketed together as “public transportation.”be bracketed with somebody/something Arizona has been bracketed with Iowa in the tournament.3if two events bracket something, one happens before and the other after it: The strong U.S. economy of the 1980s was bracketed by two recessions.