buckle
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they buckle | |
| he / she / it buckles | |
| past simple buckled | |
| past participle buckled | |
| -ing form buckling |
- [transitive, intransitive]
to fasten something or be fastened with a buckle （使）搭扣扣住 - [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)
- [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
Word OriginMiddle 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’.
