v.防備；支撐；繃緊；振作
n.支柱；支架；牙箍；一對；（復）吊帶褲；大括號
It is urgent that we brace against hurricanes. 我們必須做好防颶風的準備。
She braced herself against the wall. 她靠在墻上。
He faced the angry crowd, his arms folded, his legs braced. 面對著憤怒的人群,他抱緊雙臂,繃緊雙腿。
The mountain air will brace you. 山中空氣將使你振作精神。
用作名詞 (n.)The odor of souls is a brace to the walls. 靈魂的氣息是這些磚墻的支柱。
She has got rid of her leg brace and regained use of her left arm. 她已不再用腿部支架,左臂也能重新活動。
My daughter has to wear a brace on her teeth. 我的女兒得戴牙箍以矯正牙齒。
He came home with a brace of rabbits in the bag. 他帶著裝著一對兔子的口袋回家來了。
brace的基本意思是“支撐”,指“支住,撐牢,使繃緊”,以使被支撐物在壓力面前堅固,堅硬,不屈服。引申可指“使某人站穩(wěn),振作起來”。
brace是及物動詞,可接名詞或代詞作簡單賓語,一般不接動名詞或從句。
n.手鐲
handcuffs 手銬
