buckle

• vi. 扣住；变弯曲
• vt. 扣住；使弯曲
• n. 皮带扣，带扣
• n. (Buckle)人名；(英)巴克尔

来自拉丁词bucca, 下巴，脸颊。原指系在下巴上的帽子，搭扣。来自PIE *bheu, 膨胀，鼓起来，词源同bucket.

1. fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong

2. a shape distorted by twisting or folding

buckle

buckle: [14] English acquired buckle via Old French boucla from Latin buccula ‘cheek strap of a helmet’. This was a diminutive form of Latin bucca ‘cheek’ (source of French bouche ‘mouth’), which gave English the anatomical term buccal ‘of the cheeks’ [19], and some have speculated is related to English pock. The notion of ‘fastening’ implicit in the Latin word carried through into English.

As well as ‘cheek strap’, Latin buccula meant ‘boss in the middle of a shield’. Old French boucle adopted this sense too, and created the derivative boucler, originally an adjective, meaning (of a shield) ‘having a central boss’. English borrowed this as buckler ‘small round shield’ [13]. The verb buckle was created from the English noun in the late 14th century, but the sense ‘distort’, which developed in the 16th century, comes from French boucler, which had come to mean ‘curl, bulge’.

Also from the French verb is bouclé ‘yarn with irregular loops’ [19].
=> bouclé, buckler

buckle (v.1)

late 14c., bokelen, "to fasten with a buckle," from buckle (n.). Related: Buckled; buckling. To buckle down "apply effort, settle down," (1874) is said to be a variant of knuckle down (see knuckle).

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).

Boucle in the middle ages had the double sense of a "shield's boss" and "a ring"; the last sense has alone survived, and it metaph. developed in the boucle de cheveux, ringlets. [Kitchin]

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 "bend under strong pressure" is from 1590s (figurative from 1640s) . Related: Buckled; buckling.

The crash buckled the front of my car.

我的汽车前部被撞扁了。

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I'd better buckle down to those reports.

我最好认真静下来努力完成那些报告。

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(figurative)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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She buckled her belt.

她扣上了腰带。

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He buckled on his sword.

他把剑扣好。

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These shoes buckle at the side.

这双鞋从旁边上扣。

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The steel frames began to buckle under the strain.

钢架在重压下开始变形。

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The door was beginning to buckle from the intense heat...

门在高温高热下开始变形。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

A freak wave had buckled the deck.

突然掀起的巨浪打弯了甲板。

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Mcanally's knees buckled and he crumpled down onto the floor...

麦卡纳利双膝发软，瘫倒在地板上。

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His right leg buckled under him.

他的右腿发软打战。

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A door slammed in the house and a man came out buckling his belt.

房子里的一扇门砰地关上，一个男子边扣腰带边走了出来。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He wore a belt with a large brass buckle.

他系了条带有一个大的铜搭扣的皮带。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

If you want to learn English you have to buckle down.

如果你想学英语,你就得非常努力.

辞典例句

One is the younger brother, leaving hair on the forehead, like a teapot covered buckle.

一个是弟弟, 脑门上留的头发, 就像扣了个茶壶盖.

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He tried to buckle his armours on.

他试图穿上他的甲胄.

辞典例句

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country will not buckle under international pressure.

伊朗总统默哈默德-艾哈迈迪-内贾德说他的国家决不因为国际压力而让步.

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For this meal, brother became hungry midday, leather belt buckle a few times closely.

为了这顿饭, 兄弟们饿了一个中午, 皮带了紧几个扣.

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These shoes buckle at the side.

这鞋在侧面系扣.

辞典例句

It is direct that you pay buckle from sheet still give the aunt that collect fees?

你付钱是直接从账单上扣呢还是交给收费的阿姨?

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The fracture of Turn Buckle was investigated by means of metallography and mechanical testing.

采用金相检验、学性能测定等方法,对断裂花篮螺杆进行了分析.

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Q . s . For them, learning comes too easily and they never find out to buckle down.

对他们来说, 学习是件轻而易举的事,因而他们从未想过如何全力以赴地学习.

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Cannot be the bill of value added tax of fixed assets touched buckle?

固定资产的增值税发票不能抵扣 吧 ?

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We need to buckle down and get started.

我们需要认真对待,赶紧着手干活.

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Combination folder : A machine combining a knife and buckle folder.

混合式折纸机: 结合刀式折和栅栏式折的折纸机.

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The two ends buckle at the back.

带子两端在背后扣起来.

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