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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8937 COCA: 6591

brace

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brace1 /breɪs/ verb
1  PREPARE[transitiveT] to mentally or physically prepare yourself or someone else for something unpleasant that is going to happen 準備迎接〔令人不快的事〕
brace yourself (for something)
Nancy braced herself for the inevitable arguments.
南希爲這場無法避免的爭論作好了準備。
The military needs to brace itself for further spending cuts, says McCoy.
麥科伊稱，軍方需要做好再次削減開支的準備。
brace yourself to do something
Cathy braced herself to see Matthew, who she expected to arrive at any minute.
凱茜打起精神準備見馬修，他随時可能到來。
be braced for something
The base was braced for an attack.
基地已經準備好應付進攻。
2  PUSH[transitiveT] to push part of your body against something solid in order to make yourself more steady 抵住，頂住，使穩住
brace something against something
Gina braced her back against the wall and pushed as hard as she could.
吉娜後背抵住牆，盡最大力氣來推。
brace yourself (for something)
The pilot told passengers and crew to brace themselves for a rough landing.
飛行員叫乘客和機組人員坐穩，準備硬着陸。
3  STRONG OBJECTSTRONG PERSON[transitiveT] to make something stronger by supporting it 支撐；加固
Wait until we’ve braced the ladder.
等我們把梯子支撐住再說。
Workers used steel beams to brace the roof.
工人用鋼梁支撐屋頂。
4. HARD[intransitiveI, transitiveT] to make your body or part of your body stiff in order to prepare to do something difficult （使）〔身體或身體某部位〕繃緊，（使）鼓足力氣
Examples from the Corpus
brace• The question was like a blow, causing Roz to brace herself against the sofa.• Each time an elderly man approached, he braced himself for it to be Stillman.• Guy tensed the instant she moved, as though bracing himself for resistance.• Alex braced his arms and pushed the car out of the road.• Patrick braced his head against the rest just as the crash came.• However, if you insist on sawing the post in place, brace it firmly.• Now I get my rifle ready and brace myself, making sure of my footing.• The building uses steel poles to brace the roof.
be braced for something• This time many were braced for heavy losses again.
brace yourself (for something)• As Mrs Aitken left, Shiona braced herself.• I had to brace myself against the side to keep from getting sucked into the overheated pit he created with his body.• I braced myself against the wall.• The ice beneath him gave; he braced himself, and slid slowly into the muddy lake up to his neck.• I brace myself as he shoots.• Now she should brace herself for a shock.• She braced herself to outface him.
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brace2 noun
1  SUPPORT[countableC] something that is used to strengthen or support something, or to make it stiff 支架，托架
The miners used special braces to keep the walls from collapsing.
礦工用特殊的支架撐住牆體，以免倒塌。
neck/back/knee brace (=a brace that supports the neck etc) 頸箍/背部夾板/膝部護具
He was being fitted for a back brace.
他在試背部夾板。
She had to wear a brace after the accident.
出事以後她只得使用支架。
2. TEETH[countableC] (also braces [plural]) a system of metal wires that people, usually children, wear on their teeth to make them grow straight 牙箍〔一般爲兒童使用〕
3. [countableC usually plural] American EnglishAmE a metal support that someone with weak legs wears to help them walk 〔裝在腿上幫助腿力弱者行走的〕金屬支架，雙腳規形夾 SYN British English callipers
4. braces [plural] British EnglishBrEDC two long pieces of material that stretch over someone’s shoulders and fasten to their trousers at the front and the back to stop them falling down 吊褲帶，背帶 SYN American English suspenders
5. PRINTED SIGNSLA[countableC] one of a pair of signs { } used to show that information written between them should be considered together 大括弧，大括號 → bracket
6  a brace of something especially British EnglishBrEDLO two things of the same type, especially two birds or animals that have been killed for food or sport 一對某物，一雙某物〔尤指鳥、獸等獵物〕
a brace of partridge
一對獵獲的山鹑
Examples from the Corpus
a brace of something• And how about a brace of grouse for ourselves?• I took credit cards, and keys, and a brace of shirts.• It concerned a pair of boots and a brace of rabbits.• Suppose I have a brace of electrons.• Firstly, there's a brace of ballads.• Bruce Dyer celebrated his new contract with a brace of goals for the Tykes.• Would Jobbernole return with a brace of male servitors, throw her into a sack and thereafter into the River Carrow?
Examples from the Corpus
brace• The steel beam serves as a brace for the ceiling.• Many Clutton players and supporters were still stunned by Royston Marley's brilliant brace of goals as they boarded the bus home.• Several children in this group needed a full brace in order to be able to stand.• I shift down the bench to make room for a girl with a knee brace.• She exercised constantly, even when it hurt, and she eventually was able to walk without a leg brace.• McInerney swam over to the co-pilot and put a neck brace on him.• Diane had to wear a neck brace for eight weeks after the accident.• She bore the sliding brace of a credit-card franker.• Once on the brace, he thought that was as far as he could go.• A dozen suited men were fastening the edges of the insulator to the brace of the frame.
wear ... brace• He wore a brace on the knee last season and caught 41 passes and scored two touchdowns.• By 40, I wore a brace on my left leg and used a motorized scooter to cover all but short distances.• He told us she might need to wear a brace to correct it.
Origin brace2
(1300-1400) Old French “two arms”, from Latin bracchia, from bracchium “arm”
brace1 verbbrace2 noun
Corpus
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8937 COCA: 6591
brace

noun¹

 1for supporting a part of the body身體支架ADJECTIVE | VERB + BRACE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤knee, leg, neck, shoulder膝蓋支架；腿支架；頸托；駝背矯正器VERB + BRACE➤have, wear戴矯正器◇I used to wear a brace.我過去戴過矯正器。PREPOSITION➤brace on⋯上的矯正器◇He had a brace on his teeth. (BrE) 他戴着牙箍。◇He had braces on his teeth. (NAmE) 他戴着牙箍。
brace

noun²

 2braces (BrE) for holding trousers/pants up吊褲帶  ➡ see also suspenders BRACES + VERB➤hold sth up, support sth背帶把⋯拉緊◇The braces held up his trousers.他的褲子是靠背帶拉起來的。  ➡ topic at clothes
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8937 COCA: 6591
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8937 COCA: 6591

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