Buckle



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.皮带扣环; v. 扣紧
• ［英］ v. 扣紧 ( to fasten or join with a buckle)
• ［记］ buckle up扣紧安全带

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English bocle, from Anglo-French, boss of a shield, buckle, from Latin buccula, diminutive of bucca cheek
• Date: 14th century
• 1. a fastening for two loose ends that is attached to one and holds the other by a catch
• 2. an ornamental device that suggests a buckle
• 3. archaic a crisp curl

II. verb (buckled; buckling)

• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to fasten with a buckle
  • 2. to prepare with vigor
  • 3. to cause to bend, give way, or crumple
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to become fastened with a buckle
  • 2. to apply oneself with vigor — usually used with down<buckle down to the job>
  • 3. to bend, heave, warp, or kink usually under the influence of some external agency <wheat buckling in the wind>
  • 4. collapse <the props buckled under the strain>
  • 5. to give way ; yield <he buckled under pressure>

III. noun

• Date: circa 1876
• 1. a product of buckling ; bend, fold
• 2. a coffee cake baked with berries and a crumbly topping <blueberry buckle>

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