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brace

B1 verb

brace /bɹeɪs/ nghĩa là gồng mình, chuẩn bị tinh thần

Các nghĩa

  1. gồng mình, chuẩn bị tinh thần

    To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.

    intransitive · transitive

    All hands, brace for impact!

    Brace yourself!

    The boy has no idea about everything that's been going on. You need to brace him for what's about to happen.

  2. tì, chống, giữ chặt

    To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.

    He braced himself against the crowd.

    A sturdy lance in his right hand he braced.

  3. quay trục căng buồm

    To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient sail surface to the direction of the wind.

    to brace the yards

  4. chặn lại hỏi

    To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.

  5. chất vấn

    To confront with questions, demands or requests.

    Just about then the young kid who had braced us when we came in uttered a curse and made for the door.

    “Constable Fancy’s collecting evidence from his flat while Morse and me brace Valdemar.”

  6. chống đỡ, gia cố

    To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.

    to brace a beam in a building

+ 2 nghĩa khác
  1. căng, siết chặt

    To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.

    to brace the nerves

    And welcome war to brace her drums.

  2. buộc chặt, cột chặt

    To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.

    The women of China[…], by bracing and binding them [their feet] from their infancy, have very little feet.

    some who spurs had first braced on

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