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buckle

verb
🔊/ˈbʌkl/
🔊/ˈbʌkl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they buckle
🔊/ˈbʌkl/
🔊/ˈbʌkl/
he / she / it buckles
🔊/ˈbʌklz/
🔊/ˈbʌklz/
past simple buckled
🔊/ˈbʌkld/
🔊/ˈbʌkld/
past participle buckled
🔊/ˈbʌkld/
🔊/ˈbʌkld/
-ing form buckling
🔊/ˈbʌklɪŋ/
🔊/ˈbʌklɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [transitive, intransitive] to fasten something or be fastened with a buckle（使）搭扣扣住
    • buckle something She buckled her belt.她扣上了腰带。🔊🔊
    • buckle something on/up He buckled on his sword.他把剑扣好。🔊🔊
    • These shoes buckle at the side.这双鞋从侧边系带。🔊🔊
  2. [intransitive, transitive] to become bent, damaged or broken under a weight or force; to bend, damage or break something in this way（被）压垮，压弯
    • buckle (under something) The steel frames began to buckle under the strain.钢架在重压下开始变形。🔊🔊
    • (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。🔊🔊
    • buckle something The crash buckled the front of my car.我的汽车前部被撞扁了。🔊🔊
  3. [intransitive] when your knees or legs buckle or when you buckle at the knees, your knees become weak and you start to fall 双腿发软
    4. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French bocle, from Latin buccula ‘cheek strap of a helmet’, from bucca ‘cheek’. Senses (2 and 3) are from French boucler ‘to bulge’.

buckle

noun
🔊/ˈbʌkl/
🔊/ˈbʌkl/
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  1. a piece of metal or plastic used for joining the ends of a belt or for fastening a part of a bag, shoe, etc.（皮带等的）搭扣，锁扣
    • shoes with silver buckles银扣鞋
    Topics Clothes and Fashionc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • belt
    • shoe
    • brass
    • …
    verb + buckle
    • do up
    • fasten
    • undo
    • …
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French bocle, from Latin buccula ‘cheek strap of a helmet’, from bucca ‘cheek’. Senses (2 and 3) are from French boucler ‘to bulge’.