/'brkɪt; `brækɪt/
n
1 (a) wooden or metal angle-shaped support fixed to or built into a wall to hold a shelf, etc 托架（木制或金属制, 固定在墙上以托住搁板等）.
(b) support on a wall for a lamp 墙壁上的灯架.
2 (usu pl 通常作复数) (in printing or writing) any one of the marks used in pairs for enclosing words, figures, etc to separate them from what precedes or follows, eg () (round brackets or parentheses), [] (square brackets), <> (angle brackets), {} (braces) （印刷或书写中）括号（如圆括号（）、方括号 [] 、尖括号＜＞、大括号 {} 任何一对的一边）
*Put your name in brackets at the top of each page. 把你的名字填在每页上端的括号内. =>App
3 见附录3.
3 group or category within specified limits （有一定上下限的）分类, 档次
*be in the lower/higher income bracket 属于低[高]收入等级
* the 20-30 age bracket, ie those people between the ages of
20 and
30 20-30岁的年龄组.

v
1 [Tn] support (sth) with a bracket （用托架）支撑（某物）.
2 [Tn] (in printing or writing) enclose (words, figures, etc) in brackets (bracket 2) （印刷或书写中）把（词语、数字等）置于括号中.
3 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p] ~ A and B (together); ~ A with B group things or people in the same category (to suggest that they are similar, equal or connected in some way) 将事物或人置于同一范畴（以示相似、相同或相关）
*It's wrong to bracket him with the extremists in his party his views are very moderate. 把他跟他们党内的极端分子等同看待是不对的--他的观点其实很温和.