brackets

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT 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. (收入、年齡、價格等的) 範圍
...a 33% top tax rate on everyone in these high-income brackets. …這些高收入範圍內每個人的33%的最高稅率。
2. N-COUNT Brackets are pieces of metal, wood, or plastic that are fastened to a wall in order to support something such as a shelf. (固定在牆上的) 支架
Fix the beam with the brackets and screws. 用支架和螺絲固定橫梁。
3. V-T If two or more people or things are bracketed together, they are considered to be similar or related in some way. 歸爲一類
The Magi, Brahmins, and Druids were bracketed together as men of wisdom. 三賢人、婆羅門、德魯伊特教僧侶一起被歸爲智者。
4. N-COUNT 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. (數學中用以表示整躰的) 括號
5. N-COUNT Brackets are a pair of written marks ( ) that you place around a word, expression, or sentence in order to indicate that you are giving extra information. (用以給出額外信息的) 括號[英國英語]