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buckle

B1 verb

buckle /ˈbʌkəl/ nghĩa là làm cong, làm vênh

Các nghĩa

  1. làm cong, làm vênh

    To fasten (something) using a buckle (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1); hence (obsolete), to fasten (something) in any way.

    transitive

    [H]ovv briefe the Life of man / runs his erring pilgrimage, / That the ſtretching of a ſpan, / buckles in his ſumme of age.

    Buckle this harness on, that, being armed, / I may defend the entrance.

    Out he pulls his pedigree, on he buckles his sword, gives his beaver a brush, and cocks it in the face of all creation.

  2. cong, oằn, xô

    To apply (oneself) to, or prepare (oneself) for, a task or work; also (obsolete), to equip (oneself) for a battle, expedition, etc.

    figuratively · reflexive · transitive

    Hereupon [Thomas] Cartwright buckled himself to the employment, and was very forward in the pursuance thereof.

  3. khuất phục, đầu hàng

    To unite (people) in marriage; to marry.

    uk · figuratively · transitive

  4. To apply oneself to or prepare for a task or work.

    figuratively · intransitive

    At laſt Eſquire South buckl'd to, to aſſiſt his Friend Nic.

    Lickity, lickity, switch, we came to the ford, and Chiquita / Buckled right down to her work, […]

  5. To unite with someone in marriage; to marry.

    uk · figuratively · intransitive

    Yet thou, they ſay, for Marriage do'ſt provide: / Is this an Age to Buckle vvith a Bride?

  6. To participate in some contest or labour; to join in close fight; to contend.

    dialectal · figuratively · intransitive

    So they buckled together, and the Heithen were diſcomfited, and fled ouer the playne felde: but the hynmoſt of them were ſlayne.

    In ſingle Combat thou ſhalt buckle vvith me; / And if thou vanquiſheſt, thy vvords are true, / Othervviſe I renounce all confidence.

    Algerine Porpoise […] Provoke him, and he will buckle to a shark.

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