brace

• n. 支柱; [言語]括弧; クランク
• vt. 支える；元気づける；鼓舞する；堅持する
• vi. 支える；元気づける
• adj.
• n. (Brace) 人名; (Eng.) Brace; (F.) Brace

ラテン語のbracchia「腕」から。語源的にはbrief, shortと同じ。本来は両手で支えることだが、後にフープ、ブレースなどで支えること。

brace

brace: [14] English borrowed brace from Old French brace, which meant simply ‘(the length measured by) two arms’. It came from Latin bracchia, the plural of bracchium ‘arm’ (source of French bras ‘arm’, and also of various English technical terms, such as brachiopod [19], a type of shellfish, literally ‘arm-foot’). The word’s ultimate source was Greek brakhíōn ‘arm’, originally ‘upper arm’, which was formed from the comparative of brakhús ‘short’, a relative of English brief (the sense development is probably that the upper arm was named from being ‘shorter’ than the forearm).

Of the rather diverse range of meanings the word has in modern English, ‘pair’ derives from the original notion of ‘twoness’, while ‘strengthening or supporting structure’ owes much to the idea of ‘clasping’, mainly contained originally in the verb brace [14], from Old French bracier ‘put one’s arms around’ (a derivative of Old French brace). In English it now only means ‘support, strengthen’, the sense ‘clasp with the arms’ being reserved to embrace [14], from Old French embracer.
=> brief, embrace

brace (n.)

early 14c., "piece of armor for the arms," also "thong, strap for fastening," from Old French brace, braz "arms," also "length measured by two arms" (12c., Modern French bras "arm, power;" brasse "fathom, armful, breaststroke"), from Latin bracchia, plural of bracchium "an arm, a forearm," from Greek brakhion "an arm" (see brachio-). Applied to various devices for fastening and tightening on notion of clasping arms. Of dogs, "a couple, a pair" from c. 1400.

brace (v.)

mid-14c., "to seize, grasp," also "wrap, enshroud; tie up, fetter," from Old French bracier "to embrace," from brace "arms" (see brace (n.)). Meaning "to render firm or steady by tensing" is mid-15c., earlier in figurative sense "strengthen or comfort" (someone), early 15c., with later extension to tonics, etc. that "brace" the nerves (compare bracer "stiff drink"). Related: Braced; bracing.

1. She wears a neck brace .

彼女はネックレストをつけている。

2.My daughter has to wear a brace on her teeth.

私の娘は歯を矯正するために歯のカバーをつけなければなりません。

3.You had better brace yourself for some bad news.

悪いニュースがあります。準備しておいたほうがいいです。

4.The doctor cautioned him to brace up.

医師は彼に元気を出すようにと警告した。

5.He tried to shake them off，to forget and brace up.

彼はそれらを振り切って、忘れて、元気を出そうとした。