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| 1 | C an object that supports a part of your body and holds it in the correct position after you have injured it （支撑身体受伤部位用的）梏具，支架 | a back/neck brace 背部固定架/颈托 | | | 1a | C a piece of wood , metal etc used for supporting an object so that it does not fall down 支撑物；支架；托架 | | | | 1b | plural a pair of metal objects that someone wears around their legs to help them to walk . BRITISHcallipers （辅助行走的）金属支架 | | |
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| 2 | C BRITISH a set of wires that you wear on your teeth to push them into the correct position . AMERICAN braces 畸齿矫正牙箍 |
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| 3 | C a pair of game birds (= birds killed for sport and then eaten) 一对（猎获的鸟） | +of three brace of pheasant 三对雉鸡 | | | 3a | a pair of people , animals, or objects 一对，一双（人、动物等） | | |
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| 4 | braces plural BRITISH two long narrow pieces of cloth that go over a man’ s shoulders and are fastened to the waist of his trousers at the front and back in order to hold them up . AMERICAN suspenders （裤子的）背带 |
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| 5 | C technical a curly bracket |
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| 6 | C a part of a tool called a brace and bit , used especially in the past for making holes in things. You usually use a drill now instead . 手摇曲柄 |
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