buckle
verb /ˈbʌkl/
  /ˈbʌkl/
动词形式
 Phrasal Verbs| 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/ | 
- [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。 
 
-  buckle something She buckled her belt.
- [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。 
 
-  buckle (under something) The steel frames began to buckle under the strain.
- [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 
词源Middle 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’.





