buckle
n
1 metal or plastic clasp with a hinged spike for fastening a belt or straps (皮带等的)锁扣, 扣环.
2 ornamental clasp on a shoe (鞋上的)装饰扣. buckle, v
1 [I, Ip, Tn, Tn.p]
~ (sth) (up) fasten (sth) or be fastened with a buckle 用锁扣扣紧(某物)
My belt is loose; I didn't buckle it up tightly enough. 我的腰带松了, 我没扣紧.
These shoes buckle at the side. 这鞋在侧面系扣.
2 [I, Tn] (cause sb/sth to) crumple or bend (usu because of pressure or heat) (使某人[某事物])屈服, 顺从, 让步, 弄弯, 变形(通常因受力或受热所致)
The metal buckled in the heat. 金属因受热而变形.
The crash buckled the front of my car. 我的汽车前部撞瘪了.
(fig 比喻) He's beginning to buckle under the pressure of work. 工作快要把他压垮了.
3 (phr v) buckle down to sth (infml 口) start sth in a determined way 下定决心做某事
She's really buckling down to her new job. 她埋头苦干做新工作. buckle sb in/into sth fasten sb in (a seat, etc) with a belt 用皮带把某人扣在(座位等)上
The parachutist was buckled into his harness. 跳伞者扣上了背带. buckle (sth) on (cause sth to) be attached with a buckle (使某物)被锁扣扣住
a sword that buckles on 用锁扣扣住的剑
buckle on one's belt 把自己的皮带系紧. buckle `to (infml 口) (esp of a group) make a special effort (usu in the face of difficulties) (尤指集体)特别努力(通常为面对困难时)
The children had to buckle to while their mother was in hospital. 孩子们因母亲住院只好事事更加努力.
Mike found it difficult to adjust at first, but he's used to studying at Harvard now.
刚开始迈克发现很难适应在哈佛的学习,但现在他已经习惯了。
And so with solids such as a shell, a nut, a plum, a pear, a tadpole, a mushroom, a mountain peak, a kidney, a carrot, a tree-trunk, a bird, a bud, a lark, a ladybird, a bulrush, a bone.