braces

📖 中文释义

  1. n. 背带

🔗 释义中的汉语词

🧩 词形变化

原形 brace变形 s3
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
  1. n an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
  2. n a support that steadies or strengthens something else
  3. n two items of the same kind
  4. n a set of two similar things considered as a unit
  5. n either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material
  6. n a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it
  7. n elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)
  8. n an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
  9. n a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring
  10. n a structural member used to stiffen a framework
  11. v prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
  12. v support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
  13. v support by bracing
  14. v cause to be alert and energetic