| 釋義 |
bracket /'braekit; 'braekit/ n 1 wood or metal support for a shelf; support on a wall for a gas or electric lamp. (釘于箱上之) 托架; 撐架; (墻上所裝的) 煤氣燈架或電燈座。 2 (printing, writing) any one of the paired marks () (round or parentheses). [] (square ~s), (} (braces), used for enclosing words, figures etc to indicate separation from what precedes and follows. (印刷, 書寫) 括弧 (指圓括弧 () ,方括弧 U, 或大括弧 {} 之任一) 。 → App 9. 參看附錄九。 3 grouping; classification: 類別; 分類: income ~, eg of incomes from £3000 to £4500; 所得分類 (例如所得自三千鎊至四千五百鎊之一類); age ~, eg 20 to 30 years of age. 年齡類別 (例如二十歲至三十歲者) 。 vt [VP6A, 15B] put inside, join with, ~s; put together to imply connection or equality: 置煙括弧中; 以括孤聯(lián)合; 放在一起 (以表示關(guān)聯(lián)或平等): Jones and Smith were ~ed together at the top of the list. 瓊斯與史密斯并列第一。 |