Bracket

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

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

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

(noun.) a category falling within certain defined limits.

(verb.) classify or group.

(verb.) place into brackets; 'Please bracket this remark'.

(verb.) support with brackets; 'bracket bookshelves'.

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• For a long time he gazed upward at it, and then in an attempt to get nearer to it he rested his knee upon a wooden bracket on the wall. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• We met under the light of a lamp on a bracket. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Brackets of cast iron, for holding the axle to the floor, are made in the foundry. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Archer mounted the stairs, turned up the light, and put a match to the brackets on each side of the library mantelpiece. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• In all sorts of recesses, and on all kinds of brackets, stood massive old silver candlesticks with four branches each. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.

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