| [/ˈbʌkl; ˋbʌkl/] n 用法:
1 metal or plastic clasp with a hinged spike for fastening a belt or straps （皮带等的）锁扣, 扣环. 用法:
2 ornamental clasp on a shoe （鞋上的）装饰扣. buckle 2
v 用法:
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. 用法:
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. 用法:
3 (phr v) buckle down to sth (infml) 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) (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. |