Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense brackets, present participle bracketing, past tense, past participle bracketed
1N-COUNT [usually n NOUN](收入、年龄、价格等的)范围,等级段 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、年龄、价格等的)范围,等级段
...a 33% top tax rate on everyone in these high-income brackets.
2N-COUNT (固定在墙上的)托架,支架,角撑架Brackets are pieces of metal, wood, or plastic that are fastened to a wall in order to support something such as a shelf. (固定在墙上的)托架,支架,角撑架
4N-COUNT [usually plural, oft inNOUN]括号,括弧(美国英语中称作parentheses)Brackets are a pair of written marks that you place round a word, expression, or sentence in order to indicate that you are giving extra information. In British English, curved marks like these are also called brackets, but in American English, they are called parentheses . 括号,括弧(美国英语中称作parentheses)
The prices in brackets are special rates for the under 18s.
括号中的价格是年龄在18岁以下的消费者可以享受的特别优惠价。
My annotations appear in square brackets.
在方括号里有我给的注解。
5N-COUNT [usually plural](数学上的)括号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. (数学上的)括号