1. in a brace of shakes : 立刻；

2. brace up : 打起精神, 下定决心；

1. The police braced him on the charge.
    警察当局就这项控告对他严加盘问。

2. He braced his foot against the wall.
    他把脚顶着墙站稳。

3. brace的近义词

3. When braced, Jack naturally denied his identity.
    当遇到拦路查问时，杰克自然地否认了他的身分。

1. It is urgent that we brace against typhoons.
    我们必须做好防台风的准备。

1. brace的意思

1. He came home with two brace of rabbits in the bag.
    他带着装有两对野兔的猎袋回家来了。

1. 支架：在过去,有关矫形器术语的应用一直比较混乱,如有时称为支架(brace)、夹板(spint)器具(appiance)、辅助器(aid)等. 在具体品种方面亦有多种称法,如大腿支架、长腿支架、膝上支架都是指的同一个品种. 目前,在国外,

2. 响条：古典吉他除了使用的弦(早期使用羊肠弦,今日则使用尼龙弦)与民谣吉他不同外, 在琴身大小(较绝大部份的民谣吉他小)、指板宽度(较宽)、音箱内响条(Brace)的扇形配置、琴头设计等,都与民谣吉他有著显著的分别.

3. brace

3. 支撑：–下船体(Pontoon)主要尺寸的正方度公差为±25mm;–立柱(Column)中心距尺寸公差为±25mm;不圆度公差为±13mm;–支撑(Brace)的尺寸变形不允许超过±13mm,邻近的对接管段连接处外形尺寸变形不能超过±13mm.

1. 使做好准备（面对不快的事或困难）
    If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.

    e.g. He braced himself for the icy plunge into the black water...
           他做好了准备要跳进冰冷的脏水里。
    e.g. She braced herself, as if to meet a blow.
           她严阵以待，仿佛准备面对打击。

2. （为保持平衡或避免摔倒）使紧靠
    If you brace yourself against something or brace part of your body against it, you press against something in order to steady your body or to avoid falling.

    e.g. Elaine braced herself against the dresser and looked in the mirror...
           伊莱恩紧贴着衣橱照镜子。
    e.g. He braced his back against the wall.
           他后背紧靠在墙上。

3. 绷紧（肩或膝）
    If you brace your shoulders or knees, you keep them stiffly in a particular position.

    e.g. He braced his shoulders as the snow slashed across his face.
           雪花如刀割般刮在他的脸上，他绷紧了双肩。

4. 支撑；加固
    To brace something means to strengthen or support it with something else.

公共查询·英语单词

    e.g. Overhead, the lights showed the old timbers, used to brace the roof.
           灯光照亮了头顶上支撑屋顶的旧房梁。

5. 一对；一双
    You can refer to two things of the same kind as a brace of that thing. The plural form is also brace .

    e.g. ...a brace of bottles of Mercier Rose champagne.
           两瓶玛喜尔玫瑰香槟
    e.g. ...a few brace of grouse.
           几对松鸡

6. （用以加固或支撑身体某部位的）支架，托架
    A brace is a device attached to a part of a person''s body, for example to a weak leg, in order to strengthen or support it.

    e.g. He wore leg braces after polio in childhood...
           他幼时得过小儿麻痹症后双腿安上了支架。
    e.g. She wears a neck brace.
           她戴着颈托。

7. 牙齿矫正器；牙箍
    A brace is a metal device that can be fastened to a child''s teeth in order to help them grow straight.

8. （裤子的）背带，吊带
    Braces are a pair of straps that pass over your shoulders and fasten to your trousers at the front and back in order to stop them from falling down.

9. 大括号
      Braces or curly braces are a pair of written marks that you place around words, numbers, or parts of a computer code, for example to indicate that they are connected in some way or are separate from other parts of the writing or code.

1. a structural member used to stiffen a framework

    Synonym: bracing

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

    Synonym: bitstock

3. an appliance that corrects dental irregularities

    Synonym: bracesorthodontic braces

4. a support that steadies or strengthens something else

    e.g. he wore a brace on his knee

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

    Synonym: suspendergallus

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

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

8. a set of two similar things considered as a unit

    Synonym: pair

9. two items of the same kind

    Synonym: couplepairtwosometwainspanyokecoupletdistichduoduetdyadduad

1. cause to be alert and energetic

    e.g. Coffee and tea stimulate me
           This herbal infusion doesn''t stimulate

    Synonym: stimulatearouseenergizeenergiseperk up

2. support by bracing

3. support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace

    e.g. brace your elbows while working on the potter''s wheel

    Synonym: steadystabilizestabilise

4. prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult

    Synonym: poise