英漢辭典

1. vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
   1. 為…裝托架;把…括在括號內;將…相提並論,把…歸入一類;對(目標)進行夾叉射擊

2. 2. 對…不予考慮;對…作界定



3. n. (名詞 noun)
   1. [建] 隅撐,托座,托臂;(成直角突出於牆壁平面的)托架,壁燈架;凸出於牆壁的煤氣裝置

4. 2. [印] 一對方括弧的一個 即[,]

5. 3. 括號 可指<,>;也包括數學和音樂中的{,}

6. 4. [冰球] 括弧形

7. 5. [英‧俚] 鼻子

   punch up the bracket【英】 【俚】 給鼻子一拳.

8. 6. (年齡、收入等的)等級,一類人,階層

   the low [high] income bracket

   低[高]收入階層.

9. 7. 夾叉射擊 指為了測定砲位到目標的準確距離而發射的兩顆砲彈;夾叉距離

柯林斯英英辭典

n. (noun)

1. square bracket either of a pair of characters, , used to enclose a section of writing or printing to separate it from the main text

2. an L-shaped or other support fixed to a wall to hold a shelf, etc

3. one or more wall shelves carried on brackets

4. [architect] a support projecting from the side of a wall or other structure - See also corbel ancon console

5. a general name for parenthesis square bracket brace

6. a group or category falling within or between certain defined limits

the lower income bracket

7. the distance between two preliminary shots of artillery fire in range-finding

8. a skating figure consisting of two arcs meeting at a point, tracing the shape

vt. (transitive verb)

1. [tr] to fix or support by means of a bracket or brackets

2. to put (written or printed matter) in brackets, esp as being irrelevant, spurious, or bearing a separate relationship of some kind to the rest of the text

3. to couple or join (two lines of text, etc) with a brace

4. [often foll by with] to group or class together

to bracket Marx with the philosophers

5. to adjust (artillery fire) until the target is hit

6. [Etymology] C16: from Old French braguette codpiece, diminutive of bragues breeches, from Old Provençal braga, from Latin braca breeches