bracket
bracket
noun
noun
- each of a pair of marks ﹙﹚ ［］｛｝〈〉 used to enclose words or figures so as to separate them from the context
括号（）［］｛｝〈〉中的一个
symbols are given in brackets.
符号在括号中给出。 - [with adj. or noun modifier]a category of people or things that are similar or fall between specified limits
同等级的人（或事）
those in a high income bracket.
同属高收入阶层。 - a right-angled support attached to and projecting from a wall for holding a shelf, lamp, or other object
（固定在墙上并从墙上成直角伸出，用于安放搁板、灯或其他物体的）托架，托座
■a shelf fixed with such a support to a wall
（固定在墙上有此种托架的）搁板，架子
■(the bracket)(informal, dated)a person's nose or jaw
(非正式，旧)鼻子，下巴 - (Military)the distance between two artillery shots fired either side of the target to establish range
(军)夹叉射击（指为测距向目标试射的远弹和近弹）；夹中目标（指夹叉射击时远近两弹落点间的距离）
- [with obj.](一般作 be bracketed)place (one or more people or things) in the same category or group
把…归入同一类；将…相提并论
he is sometimes bracketed with the ‘new wave’ of film directors.
他有时被归为“新潮派”导演。 - enclose (words or figures) in brackets
把（词或数字）置于括号内
[as adj. bracketed]the relevant data are included as bracketed points.
相关数据都被放在括号里了。
■(Mathematics)enclose (a complex expression) in brackets to denote that the whole of the expression rather than just a part of it has a particular relation, such as multiplication or division, to another expression
(数)用括号括
■(figurative)surround or enclose (someone or something) physically
(喻)包围；把…容纳在内
the lines of exhaustion bracketing his mouth.
他嘴巴四周布满因过度操劳而留下的皱纹。
■put (a belief or matter) aside temporarily
暂不考虑；放在一边
he bracketed off the question of God himself.
他把上帝是否存在这个问题暂时撂到了一边。 - hold or attach (something) by means of a right-angled support
给…装托架；用托架托住
pipes should be bracketed.
必须用托架托住管子。 - (Military)establish the range of (a target) by firing two preliminary shots, one short of the target and the other beyond it
(军)采用夹叉射击测定目标距离
■(Photography)establish (the correct exposure) by taking several pictures with slightly more or less exposure
(摄)曝光量测定（以略高或略低的曝光量拍摄数张照片以便确定正确的曝光量）
- late 16th cent.: from French braguette or Spanish bragueta 'codpiece, bracket, corbel', from Provençal braga, from Latin braca, (plural) bracae 'breeches'
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