| 释义 |
bracket/ˈbrækit/ n. & v.●n. 1 a right-angled or other support attached to and projecting from a vertical surface (直角或突出于垂直平面的)支架，托座 2 a shelf fixed with such a support to a wall (由托架支承的)小壁架 3 each of a pair of marks () [] { } <> used to enclose words or figures (圆、方、大、尖)括号 4 a group classified as containing similar elements or falling between given limits 等级，类别；阶层 income bracket 收入阶层 5 Mil. the distance between two artillery shots fired either side of the target to establish range 【军】夹叉射击 ●v. tr. (bracketed, bracketing) 1a couple (names etc.) with a bracket 把(名字等)放入括弧内 b imply a connection or equality between 将…相提并论，把…归入同一类 2a enclose in brackets as parenthetic or spurious 把…置于括弧内(作为插入或谬误成分) b Math. enclose in brackets as having specific relations to what precedes or follows 【数】用括号括起(与前后有特殊关系的成分) 3 Mil. establish the range of (a target) by firing two preliminary shots one short of and the other beyond it 【军】对(目标)进行夹叉射击 [French braguette or Spanish bragueta ‘codpiece, bracket, corbel’, diminutive of French brague ‘mortice’, pl. ‘breeches’ via Provençal braga from Latin braca, pl. bracae ‘breeches’] |