buckle
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike through which a belt or strap is passed and penetrated by the tongue or spike, in order to fasten the ends of the belt together or to secure the strap to something else.
- 2.
A great conflict or struggle.
- 3.
(countable)A distortion; a bend, bulge, or kink.
We can’t use that saw any more. It’s got a buckle in its blade.
- 4.
(Canada, US, countable)(countable, Canada, US, baking) Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a cake baked with fresh fruit (often blueberries) and a streusel topping.
- 5.
(countable, obsolete)A curl of hair, especially a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also (countable, uncountable), the state of hair being curled in this manner.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To fasten (something) using a buckle (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1); hence (obsolete), to fasten (something) in any way.
- 2.
(figuratively, reflexive, transitive)To apply (oneself) to, or prepare (oneself) for, a task or work; also (obsolete), to equip (oneself) for a battle, expedition, etc.
Đồng nghĩa: buckle down
- 3.
(British, figuratively, transitive)To unite (people) in marriage; to marry.
- 4.
(figuratively, intransitive)To apply oneself to or prepare for a task or work.
- 5.
(British, figuratively, intransitive)To unite with someone in marriage; to marry.
- 6.
(dialectal, figuratively, intransitive)To participate in some contest or labour; to join in close fight; to contend.
- 7.
(transitive)To cause (something) to bend, or to become distorted.
- 8.
(obsolete, transitive)To curl (hair).
- 9.
(intransitive)Of a thing (especially a slender structure under compression): to collapse or distort under physical pressure.
Đồng nghĩa: cave, cave in, crumple, fold
- 10.
(figuratively, intransitive)Of a person: to (suddenly) cease resisting pressure or stress; to give in or give way, to yield.
It is amazing that he has never buckled after so many years of doing such urgent work.
Đồng nghĩa: break, buck, cave, crumple, fold, surrender
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ine-pro cel ine-pro The noun is derived from Middle English bokel, from Old French boucle, bocle (spiked metal ring for fastening; boss of a shield; a shield), from Latin buccula (cheek strap of a helmet; boss of a shield) (from bucca (soft part of the cheek)).