| 单词 | buckle |
| 释义 | buck·le1 /ˈbʌkəl/ verb 1 bend 弯曲 [intransitive, transitive]BEND to become bent or curved because of heat or pressure, or to make something bend or curve in this way 〔因高温或压力〕（使）弯曲；扭曲；（使）变形 The steel pillars began to buckle. 这些钢柱开始变形了。buckle under The rails buckled under the intense heat of the fire. 铁轨在烈火的高温下变了形。2 knees/legs 膝盖/腿 [intransitive]FALL if your knees or legs buckle, they become weak and bend 〔膝盖或腿〕发软 SYN give way John felt his knees start to buckle. 约翰觉得膝盖开始发软了。3 do STH you do not want 做不愿意的事情 [intransitive] to do something that you do not want to do because a difficult situation forces you to do it 屈服，让步 SYN give in He refused to buckle. 他拒绝屈服。buckle under the pressure/strain/weight A weaker person would have buckled under the weight of criticism. 意志薄弱的人在这样的批评下也许已经垮了。4 fasten 扣住 [intransitive, transitive]FASTEN/DO UP to fasten a buckle, or be fastened with a buckle 用扣环扣住[扣紧] Amy buckled the belt around her waist. 埃米把腰带扣在腰上。buckle something on/up/together Lou was buckling on his revolver. 卢在把左轮手枪扣挂在身上。5 buckle down phrasal verb WORK HARDto start working very hard 开始认真做；埋头干 to You’d better buckle down to some revision now. 你现在最好坐下来好好复习。6.buckle up phrasal verb FASTEN/DO UPto fasten your seat belt in a car, aircraft etc 系上安全带→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusbuckle• She sank down on the bed with the photograph gripped so tightly in her hands that the paper buckled.• I am so frightened that my legs begin to give out, actually buckle, and I reach for the railing.• If individuals are forced to face the reality of starvation, everyone will buckle down to work.• The sidewalk was cracked and buckled from the earthquake.• In a small area flanked by Bishopsgate, Leadenhall Street and Houndsditch, buildings had buckled from the ferocity of the blast.• The Men were outside his cage trying to open it but failing because the branch had buckled it.• Windows shattered with the heat from the blaze and metal doors buckled like cardboard.• Frank buckled on his safety harness.• The strap buckles on the side.• The aluminium chair buckled under Charles's weight.• They were small then, but sometimes our knees buckled under their weight.• The door buckled when something else struck its base.buckle under the pressure/strain/weight• Does the amp respond or does it buckle under the strain?• Rangers buckled under the pressure, but they didn't break.• Perhaps his memory, like Henry's, was buckling under the strain of being forty.Related topics: Daily lifebuckle2 noun [countable] 1.DTa piece of metal used for fastening the two ends of a belt, for fastening a shoe, bag etc, or for decoration 〔皮带等的〕金属扣环，扣子；带扣 →4 See picture of 见图 WATCH 2 →5 see picture at 见图 button1Examples from the Corpusbuckle• Top competitors will gallop away with gleaming belt buckles and up to $ 2,500 in prize money.• And the belt buckle for every word wrong.• It should be fitted with a quick-release buckle.• A quick release buckle on the hipbelt is essential in case a pack needs to be thrown off in an emergency.• They were black painted with small flowers on the buckle.• The buckles glinted in the sun.Origin buckle2 (1300-1400) Old French bocle “buckle, raised part in the center of a shield”, from buccola “strap for a helmet”, from bucca “cheek”buck·le1 verbbuckle2 nounChineseSyllable or curved bent become because to Corpus |
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