| 词汇 | buckle |
| 词源 | buckle [ME] This word for a fastener is from Old French bocle ‘buckle, boss’, from Latin buccula ‘cheek strap of a helmet’; the base is Latin bucca ‘cheek’. The verb ‘to buckle’ as in buckle under a weight or strain is from French boucler ‘to bulge’. |
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