Tra từ brace - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

I. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
belt and braces
▪ It retains the Sympatex lining of the earlier model - belt and braces if you like.
▪ It was sealed with Sellotape and staples, a real belt and braces job.
▪ Three: portly old men should use belt and braces, in case their trousers burst open; the belt hides the disaster.
▪ Where glues are concerned, I, personally, would not scorn to wear both a belt and braces.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Alex braced his arms and pushed the car out of the road.
▪ The building uses steel poles to brace the roof.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ 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.
▪ 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.
▪ Patrick braced his head against the rest just as the crash came.
▪ The question was like a blow, causing Roz to brace herself against the sofa.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
NOUN
knee
▪ I shift down the bench to make room for a girl with a knee brace.
neck
▪ She's rushed to hospital on a stretcher in a neck brace.
▪ McInerney swam over to the co-pilot and put a neck brace on him.
▪ The hearing aid is replaced by the neck brace.
▪ No serious musicologist will be spotted in an audience minus a neck brace.
▪ The only doubt concerning whether she would succeed occurred before the tournament began, when she was spotted with a neck brace.
VERB
wear
▪ What a tragedy if that son had to wear a brace for the rest of his life.
▪ He told us she might need to wear a brace to correct it.
▪ By 40, I wore a brace on my left leg and used a motorized scooter to cover all but short distances.
▪ He wore a brace on the knee last season and caught 41 passes and scored two touchdowns.
▪ Vick wore a ski brace on his right ankle and moved as if he were knee-deep in powder.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Diane had to wear a neck brace for eight weeks after the accident.
▪ The steel beam serves as a brace for the ceiling.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A dozen suited men were fastening the edges of the insulator to the brace of the frame.
▪ I shift down the bench to make room for a girl with a knee brace.
▪ Many Clutton players and supporters were still stunned by Royston Marley's brilliant brace of goals as they boarded the bus home.
▪ McInerney swam over to the co-pilot and put a neck brace on him.
▪ Once on the brace, he thought that was as far as he could go.
▪ Several children in this group needed a full brace in order to be able to stand.
▪ She bore the sliding brace of a credit-card franker.
▪ She exercised constantly, even when it hurt, and she eventually was able to walk without a leg brace.

brace

I. brace¹ /breɪs/ verb
1. [TRANSITIVE]
to mentally or physically prepare yourself or someone else for something unpleasant that is going to happen
brace yourself (for something)
　 ▪ Nancy braced herself for the inevitable arguments.
　 ▪ The military needs to brace itself for further spending cuts, says McCoy.
brace yourself to do something
　 ▪ Cathy braced herself to see Matthew, who she expected to arrive at any minute.
be braced for something
　 ▪ The base was braced for an attack.

2. [TRANSITIVE]
to push part of your body against something solid in order to make yourself more steady
brace something against something
　 ▪ Gina braced her back against the wall and pushed as hard as she could.
brace yourself (for something)
　 ▪ The pilot told passengers and crew to brace themselves for a rough landing.

3. [TRANSITIVE]
to make something stronger by supporting it:
　 ▪ Wait until we’ve braced the ladder.
　 ▪ Workers used steel beams to brace the roof.

4. [INTRANSITIVE AND TRANSITIVE]
to make your body or part of your body stiff in order to prepare to do something difficult

II. brace² noun
[date : 1300-1400; Language : Old French; Origin : 'two arms', from Latin bracchia, from bracchium 'arm']
1. [COUNTABLE]
something that is used to strengthen or support something, or to make it stiff:
　 ▪ The miners used special braces to keep the walls from collapsing.
neck/back/knee brace (=a brace that supports the neck etc)
　 ▪ He was being fitted for a back brace.
　 ▪ She had to wear a brace after the accident.

2. [COUNTABLE]
(also braces [PLURAL]) a system of metal wires that people, usually children, wear on their teeth to make them grow straight

3. [COUNTABLE USUALLY PLURAL]
American English a metal support that someone with weak legs wears to help them walk SYN callipers British English

4. braces
[PLURAL] British English 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 SYN suspenders American English

5. [COUNTABLE]
one of a pair of signs { } used to show that information written between them should be considered together ⇨ bracket

6. a brace of something
especially British English two things of the same type, especially two birds or animals that have been killed for food or sport:
　 ▪ a brace of partridge