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单词 buckling
释义

buckle

1 of 3

noun (1)

buck·​le ˈbə-kəl How to pronounce buckle (audio)
1
: a fastening for two loose ends that is attached to one and holds the other by a catch
2
: an ornamental device that suggests a buckle
3
archaic : a crisp curl

buckle

2 of 3

verb

buckled; buckling ˈbə-k(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce buckle (audio)

transitive verb

1
: to fasten with a buckle
2
: to prepare with vigor
3
: to cause to bend, give way, or crumple

intransitive verb

1
: to become fastened with a buckle
2
: to apply oneself with vigor
usually used with down
buckle down to the job
3
: to bend or move usually under the influence of some external agency
wheat buckling in the wind
4
: collapse
the props buckled under the strain
5
: to give way : yield
he buckled under pressure

buckle

3 of 3

noun (2)

1
: a product of buckling : bend, fold
2
: a coffee cake baked with berries and a crumbly topping
blueberry buckle

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Word History of Buckle

The literal meaning of Latin word buccula was “little cheek,” but buccula was also the name for the part of a helmet that protects the cheek. Its medieval French descendant, bouclé, was the word for the boss of a shield, which looks a little like a small cheek on the face of the shield. The use of the word was later extended to belt fasteners. In this sense, the word was borrowed into English.

Synonyms

Verb

  • cave (in)
  • collapse
  • crumple
  • founder
  • give
  • go
  • go out
  • implode
  • tumble
  • yield
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Example Sentences

Verb She buckled the horses into their harness. The pavement buckled in the heat.

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English bocle, from Anglo-French, boss of a shield, buckle, from Latin buccula, diminutive of bucca cheek

First Known Use

Noun (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun (2)

1876, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

buckle 1 of 2

noun

buck·​le ˈbə-kəl How to pronounce buckle (audio)
: a fastening device which is attached to one end of a belt or strap and through which the other end is passed and held

buckle

2 of 2

verb

buckled; buckling
1
: to fasten with a buckle
2
: to bend, crumple, or give way
The pavement buckled in the heat.

buckling

verb

present participle of buckle
1
as in collapsing
to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure the flimsy bridge buckled under the weight of the caravan of trucks

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • collapsing
  • crumpling
  • tumbling
  • going
  • melting
  • imploding
  • yielding
  • crumbling
  • shattering
  • foundering
  • giving
  • dying
  • flattening
  • cracking
  • crashing
  • going out
  • breaking
  • giving way
  • snapping
  • bursting
  • stalling
  • splintering
  • splitting
  • failing
  • popping
  • smashing
  • deflating
  • caving (in)
  • melting down
  • giving out
  • breaking down
  • conking (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • swelling
  • rising
  • inflating
2
as in devoting
to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention buckled himself down and finished the assignment in record time

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • devoting
  • applying
  • bending
  • giving
  • addressing
  • committing
  • working
  • getting cracking
  • spending
  • turning a hand
  • readdressing
  • turning one's hand
  • exerting
  • stressing
  • getting one's act together
  • reapplying
  • getting with it
  • involving
  • straining
  • concerning
  • busying
  • engaging
  • taxing
  • plowing
  • exhausting
  • grinding
  • troubling
  • humping
  • wearing out
  • knuckling down
  • hustling
  • carrying on
  • plodding
  • settling (down)
  • pitching in
  • setting (to)
  • putting out
  • plunging (in)
  • plugging (away)
  • pegging (away)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • playing
  • dawdling
  • idling
  • dallying
  • trifling
  • fiddling (around)
  • puttering (around)
  • pottering (around)
  • fooling around
  • monkeying (around)
  • dillydallying
  • messing around
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