及物动词

名词

1. （收入、年龄、价格等的）范围，等级段
If you say that someone or something is in a particular bracket, you mean that they come within a particular range, for example a range of incomes, ages, or prices.

2. （固定在墙上的）托架，支架，角撑架
Brackets are pieces of metal, wood, or plastic that are fastened to a wall in order to support something such as a shelf.

3. 把…归为一类；把…相提并论
If two or more people or things are bracketed together, they are considered to be similar or related in some way.

4. 括号，括弧（美国英语中称作parentheses）
Brackets are a pair of written marks that you place round a word, expression, or sentence in order to indicate that you are giving extra information. In British English, curved marks like these are also called brackets, but in American English, they are called parentheses .

5. （数学上的）括号
Brackets are pair of marks that are placed around a series of symbols in a mathematical expression to indicate that those symbols function as one item within the expression.

1. a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf)

Synonym: wall bracket

2. either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material

Synonym: square bracket

3. either of two punctuation marks (`' or `') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material

Synonym: angle bracket

4. a category falling within certain defined limits