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Buckle French Fasten Boss N 扣紧 Up扣紧安全带 Late

单词 buckle
音标 ['bʌkl]
解释 n. 皮带扣环;v. 扣紧
红宝书 【英】 v. 扣紧(to fasten or join with a buckle)
【记】 buckle up扣紧安全带
字源 buckle (v.1)
late 14c., bokelen, "to fasten with a buckle," from buckle (n.). Related: Buckled; buckling. To buckle down "apply effort, settle down," (1874) is said to be a variant of knuckle down (see knuckle).
buckle (n.)
"spiked metal ring for holding a belt, etc., c.1300, bukel, from Old French bocle "boss (of a shield)," then "shield," then by further extension "buckle, metal ring," (12c., Modern French boucle), from Latin buccula "cheek strap of a helmet," in Late Latin "boss of a shield," diminutive of bucca "cheek" (see bouche).
Boucle in the middle ages had the double sense of a "shield's boss" and "a ring"; the last sense has alone survived, and it metaph. developed in the boucle de cheveux, ringlets. [Kitchin]


buckle (v.2)
"distort, warp, bend out of shape" 1520s, bokelen "to arch the body," from Middle French boucler "to bulge," from Old French bocler "to bulge," from bocle "boss of a shield" (see buckle (n.)). Meaning "bend under strong pressure" is from 1590s (figurative from 1640s) . Related: Buckled; buckling.
不择手段背单词 n. (安全带、皮带)扣环; v 扣紧 = fasten
【记】读: 叭扣, 叭的一声扣上. buckle up扣紧安全带
趣味全助记 【记】音: 把扣,把衣服扣起来,扣紧,束缚,压力下屈服

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