| 释义 |
bracket /brakˈit/ noun- A projecting support
- A small shelf fastened to a wall
- A gas pipe projecting from a wall (historical)
- Either of a pair of symbols used to enclose words or mathematical symbols, such as round brackets or parentheses, square brackets, and braces
- One of the side pieces of a gun-carriage, supporting the trunnions
- The space intervening between overestimated and underestimated shots at a target in range-finding (artillery)
- A bracketed group
- A group or category defined and demarcated by certain limiting parameters, as in income bracket
transitive verb- To support by brackets
- To enclose by brackets
- To group together
transitive verb and intransitive verb (artillery)To find the range ORIGIN: Fr braguette, from Sp bragueta, from L brāca, sing of brācae breeches bracket clock noun A rectangular clock with an internal pendulum designed to stand on a table or wall-bracket brackˈet-creep noun An inflationary phenomenon whereby a salary rise makes a taxpayer less well-off by pushing him or her into a higher tax bracket bracket fungus noun A fungus that forms shelf-like growths on tree trunks |