| 单词 | bracket |
| 释义 | noun | verb bracketbracket1 /ˈbrækɪt/ ●●○ noun [countable] 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: 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] 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. |
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