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buckle

B1 verb

Các nghĩa

  1. làm cong, làm vênh

    To cause (something) to bend, or to become distorted.

    transitive

    [R]eaſon doth buckle and bovve the Mind vnto the Nature of things.

  2. cong, oằn, xô

    Of a thing (especially a slender structure under compression): to collapse or distort under physical pressure.

    intransitive

    Sideways leaning, we sideways darted; every ropeyarn tingling like a wire; the two tall masts buckling like Indian canes in land tornadoes.

  3. khuất phục, đầu hàng

    Of a person: to (suddenly) cease resisting pressure or stress; to give in or give way, to yield.

    figuratively · intransitive

    It is amazing that he has never buckled after so many years of doing such urgent work.

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