1bend 弯曲 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]BEND to become bent or curved because of heat or pressure, or to make something bend or curve in this way 〔因高温或压力〕(使)弯曲;扭曲;(使)变形
The steel pillars began to buckle.
这些钢柱开始变形了。
buckle under
The rails buckled under the intense heat of the fire.
铁轨在烈火的高温下变了形。
2knees/legs 膝盖/腿 [intransitiveI]FALL if your knees or legsbuckle, they become weak and bend 〔膝盖或腿〕发软SYN give way
John felt his knees start to buckle.
约翰觉得膝盖开始发软了。
3do STH you do not want 做不愿意的事情 [intransitiveI] to do something that you do not want to do because a difficult situation forces you to do it 屈服,让步SYN give in
He refused to buckle.
他拒绝屈服。
buckle under the pressure/strain/weight
A weaker person would have buckled under the weight of criticism.
意志薄弱的人在这样的批评下也许已经垮了。
4fasten 扣住 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]FASTEN/DO UP to fasten a buckle, or be fastened with a buckle 用扣环扣住[扣紧]
Amy buckled the belt around her waist.
埃米把腰带扣在腰上。
buckle something on/up/together
Lou was buckling on his revolver.
卢在把左轮手枪扣挂在身上。
5buckle downphrasal verbphr vWORK HARDto start working very hard 开始认真做;埋头干
buckle under the pressure/strain/weight• Does the amprespond or does it buckle under the strain?• Rangers buckled under the pressure, but they didn't break.• Perhaps his memory, like Henry's, was buckling under the strain of being forty.