buckle
意味
- 締め金,バックル,(靴などの)飾りバックル
- (道路などの)膨れあがり,凸面
- 《副詞[句]を伴って》…をバックルで留める(締める)
- (熱・圧力などで)…を曲げる
- (熱・圧力などのために)曲がる,ゆがむ
例文
On base and off, buckle your seat-belts.
基地の中でも外でも、シートベルトを締めなさい。
I've really got to buckle down and study for our final exams.
期末試験に備えて本当に気合いを入れて勉強しなきゃ。
I forgot to buckle my seatbelt.
シートベルトするの忘れてた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
The noun is derived from Middle English bokel (“spiked metal ring for fastening; ornamental clasp; boss of a shield; a shield, buckler; (figurative) means of defence”) [and other forms], from Old French boucle, bocle (“spiked metal ring for fastening; boss of a shield; a shield”) [and other forms], from Latin buccula (“cheek strap of a helmet; boss of a shield”) (from bucca (“soft part of the cheek”)). Noun etymology 1, noun sense 2 (“great conflict or struggle”) is probably derived from verb etymology 1, verb sense 1.2.1 (“to apply (oneself) to, or prepare (oneself) for, a task or work”).