Word · Frequency #48626
buckler
小圆盾;手持圆盾
A small round shield held in the hand or worn on the arm for protection.
- 1.
One who buckles something.
扣紧某物的人
- 2.
A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, held in the hand or worn on the arm (usually the left), for protecting the front of the body. In the sword and buckler play of the Middle Ages in England, the buckler was a small shield, used not to cover the body but to stop or parry blows.
一种盾牌,形状和大小各异,手持或佩戴在手臂上(通常是左臂),用于保护身体前部。在中世纪英格兰的剑与盾牌对抗中,盾牌是小型盾牌,用于挡住或格挡攻击。
- 3.
One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes.
许多硬鳞鱼类的大型骨质外板
- 4.
The anterior segment of the shell of a trilobite.
三叶虫壳的前段。
- 5.
A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches.
适合锚链孔或半舱口圆孔的木块或铁板,用于防止船只颠簸时进水
扣紧者;系扣的人;骨板;硬鳞;头甲;头盾;锚链孔盖;扣紧某物的人
In use
The medieval soldier raised his buckler to deflect the incoming arrow.
In the negotiation, he used his wit as a buckler against the accusations.
The museum displayed an ancient bronze buckler from the Zhou dynasty.
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Grammar Note
可数名词,指一种小圆盾或防卫物。
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