buckle
buckle 英 [ˈbʌkl] 美 ['bʌkl]
v. 扣住；压弯 n. 皮带扣，带扣
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- A buckle is a clasp or fastener, such as the one on the end of a belt. In the old days, not only belts but also shoes had buckles.
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- v. 扣住；压弯
- n. 皮带扣，带扣
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1. She buckled her belt.
她扣上了腰带。
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2. He buckled on his sword.
他把剑扣好。
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3. These shoes buckle at the side.
这双鞋从旁边上扣。
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4. The steel frames began to buckle under the strain.
钢架在重压下开始变形。
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5. A weaker man would have buckled under the pressure.
意志薄弱的人在这种压力下可能就垮了。
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6. The crash buckled the front of my car.
我的汽车前部被撞扁了。
- buckle (n.) "spiked metal ring for holding a belt, etc.," c. 1300, bukel, from Old French bocle "boss (of a shield)," then "shield," then by further extension "buckle, metal ring," (12c., Modern French boucle), from Latin buccula "cheek strap of a helmet," in Late Latin "boss of a shield," diminutive of bucca "cheek" (see bouche).
- buckle (v.1) "to fasten with a buckle," late 14c., bokelen, from buckle (n.). Meaning "prepare for action of any kind" (1560s) probably is a metaphor from buckling on armor before battle. Related: Buckled; buckling.
- buckle (v.2) "distort, warp, bend out of shape" 1520s, bokelen "to arch the body," from Middle French boucler "to bulge," from Old French bocler "to bulge," from bocle "boss of a shield" (see buckle (n.)). Meaning "to bend under strong pressure" is from 1590s (figurative from 1640s) . Related: Buckled; buckling.
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