brave 0*w /breiv/ adj., verb, noun madj.
(braver, brav-est) 1 (of a person A) willing to do
things which are difficult, dangerous or painful; not afraid f§3£(ft; AH (ft HT71 courageous ■
brave
men and women 0 Be brave! H*& ! O
I wasn’t brave enough to tell her what I thought of her.
2 (of
an action ft
A) requiring or showing courage &MM
Ut(ft: a brave decision ft H ft (ft o She died after a brave fight against
cancer. (t&ft!W]i@jEji£ft77®!®#Jif To O He felt
homesick, but made a brave attempt to appear cheerful.
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new in an impressive way |fy M (ft; §1?
(ft: a vision
0/ a
brave
4^A!5tAX$-li:(ftirIISM ► bravely adv. bravery /'brervari/ noun [U] HT7I
courage : an award for
outstanding bravery jfo
i±J ^ H ^ 0 acts 0/ skill
and bravery ftUfti^^Jft^/ ITiTTCl (a) .brave new 'world a situation or society that
changes in a way that is meant to improve people’s lives but is often a source
of extra problems Mgrlftl?- ( mW
AM ft ft (ft iftlS ) : the brave new world of technology (ft lift Srtftl?- put on a brave 'face | put a brave 'face on sth to pretend that you feel
confident and happy when you do not gfA&A;
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m verb [VN] to have to deal with sth difficult or unpleasant in order to
achieve sth H ffl Xt; W( M ) ; ££31 ( @)(t ) : He did not feel up to braving the
journalists at the airport. ftfefeT![ScffiXfiB#,, 0 Over a thousand
people braved the elements (= went outside
in spite of the bad weather) to attend the march. — AftMAftS^/jqTMfa
m noun 1 the
brave [pi.] people who are brave f§ (ft A: America, the land of the free
and the home of the brave mm, g * # (ft
± ftfe, J§ ± M A M 2 [C] (old- fashioned) a Native American
warrior bravo /.brar'vau; NAmE -'vou/ exclamation (becoming old-fashioned) people say Bravo! at the end of sth they have enjoyed, such as a play at the theatre (
NftF ) ftH
bra-vura /bra'vjuara;
NAmE -'vjura/
noun [u] (formal) great skill and
enthusiasm in doing sth artistic fh
ft Z: a bravura performance tti -fe
(ft M £b braw /bra:/ adj. (ScotE) fine
ft-[ft ; ft It [ft : braw
lads
and bonny lasses A 0 It was a braw day. 3PAA
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brawl /bra:l/
noun, verb
mnoun a
noisy and violent fight involving a group of people, usually in a public place
fljilfaj; fa] 3^: a
drunken brawl $f Jgfa]^
o note at fight
r verb [V] to
take part in a noisy and violent fight, usually in a public place ft 4*; fa] ft
: They were arrested for
brawling in the street, ffeffl 0
►
brawler noun
brawn /bra:n/
noun [u] 1 physical strength $- ft : In this job you need brains as well as
brawn. 3
2 (BrE) (NAmE head-cheese) meat made from the head of
a pig or calf that has been
boiled and pressed into a container, served cold in thin slices ( ft!
brawny /’broini/
adj. (informal) having strong muscles fetft[ft; Ai£(ft 033 burly:
He was
a great brawny brute of a man. WWAo
bray /brei/ verb 1 [V]
when a donkey brays, it makes a
loud unpleasant sound ( i^T ) #rBt] 2 (of a person A)
to talk or laugh in a loud unpleasant voice id $!] ft-
(ft ifij r Wrifi ( ) : [V] He
brayed with laughter.
A %
o 0 a braying voice $ij ft (ft [also V speech]
►
bray noun
bra-zen /‘breizn/
adj., verb
m adj. 1 (disapproving) open and without shame,
usually about sth that people find shocking j^MAf&tEft ETfll shameless : She had become brazen about
the whole
affair. M M H ft ^ B ft 3\ H T o o his brazen admission that he was cheating ftfefiSftftllitiife^iA S fift 5iA 2 made of, or
the colour of, brass(I) lt#5] ft (ft;
► brazen-ly adv.: She had brazenly admitted