Braced

(adj.) positioned so as to be ready for confrontation or danger; 'he stood to attention with his shoulders braced' .

(adj.) held up by braces or buttresses .

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• The weight of old Sabor was immense, and when she braced her huge paws nothing less than Tantor, the elephant, himself, could have budged her. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• When I came to I found that it was still bleeding, so I tied one end of my handkerchief very tightly round the wrist and braced it up with a twig. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• This beam is braced with iron, and has segmental ends with a piston at one end, and a balance weight at the other. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• This was an arrangement of timbers crossing the ribs on the inside of the ship at angles of about 45°, and braced by diagonals and struts. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The outer shell of the tunnel shield is composed of two- or three-ply boiler plates, and the interior is braced with a system of steel girders. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• We waited, all curiosity, until with another effort he braced himself to tell his story. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.

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