Brace

(noun.) a structural member used to stiffen a framework.

(noun.) a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring.

(noun.) an appliance that corrects dental irregularities.

(noun.) a support that steadies or strengthens something else; 'he wore a brace on his knee'.

(noun.) elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural).

(noun.) a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it.

(noun.) either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material.

(verb.) support by bracing.

(verb.) support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; 'brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel'.

(verb.) prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult.

汉密尔顿校对

• But you must give me a brace of pistols. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I stood up, took off the breeches and pulled off the knee-brace. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The play--a mere trifle--ran chiefly on the efforts of a brace of rivals to gain the hand of a fair coquette. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• There were a couple of brace of cold woodcock, a pheasant, a p?té de foie gras pie with a group of ancient and cobwebby bottles. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• The clouds on her mother's brow had cleared off under the propitious influence of a brace of carp, most opportunely presented by a neighbour. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• I was sitting to one side grasping the angle brace, so no harm was done. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• At first they mounted them upon a wooden frame and rested one end on the shoulder for a brace. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The weight of old Sabor was immense, and when she braced her huge paws nothing less than Tantor, the elephant, himself, could have budged her. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• When I came to I found that it was still bleeding, so I tied one end of my handkerchief very tightly round the wrist and braced it up with a twig. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• This beam is braced with iron, and has segmental ends with a piston at one end, and a balance weight at the other. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• This was an arrangement of timbers crossing the ribs on the inside of the ship at angles of about 45°, and braced by diagonals and struts. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The outer shell of the tunnel shield is composed of two- or three-ply boiler plates, and the interior is braced with a system of steel girders. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• We waited, all curiosity, until with another effort he braced himself to tell his story. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• She thought it humiliating to see a man dressing: the ridiculous shirt, the ridiculous trousers and braces. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He wore silk socks, and studs of fine workmanship, and silk underclothing, and silk braces. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• They were made of cloth, arched over ribs to imitate the curved surfaces of bird’s wings, and were fastened to two rectangular wooden frames, fixed one above the other by braces of wood and wire. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• When the frame has been bolted to the legs, stretchers or braces are placed within. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The coil and disks are supported by the strong and well-insulated rod _R_, which rests upon braces, but which nevertheless rotates freely with disks and coil. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The back and sides of the pit are formed by the kick-backs, braces and cushion. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• In 1810 Sir Robert Seppings, surveyor of the English navy, devised and introduced the system of diagonal bracing. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The air blowing on the brow was fresh, and sweet, and bracing. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• That evening found us in the cold, bracing atmosphere of the Peak country, in which Dr. Huxtable's famous school is situated. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• No bracing critical atmosphere plays about his mind: there are no cleansing doubts and fruitful alternatives. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• He had held the bull's tail to pull him away from a fallen man, bracing hard and pulling and twisting. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• He seemed to bring a whiff of his strong, fresh, bracing, east-coast air with him as he entered. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The walls of stately date-palms that fenced the gardens and bordered the way, threw their shadows down and made the air cool and bracing. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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