noun🔗Share扣紧者，系带者。 One who buckles something."The new employee was hired as a buckler of straps on the luggage conveyor belt at the airport. "新来的员工被雇佣为机场行李传送带上的系紧带扣的人。personjobChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share圆盾，小盾。 A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, held with a hand (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."The knight raised his buckler to deflect the incoming blow from his opponent's sword. "骑士举起他的圆盾，挡开了对手剑的来袭。weaponmilitaryhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share小圆盾，盾牌 A shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term."The knight held his buckler in front of him, ready to defend himself from the oncoming attack. "骑士手持小圆盾挡在身前，准备抵挡迎面而来的攻击。militaryweaponhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share鳞甲，盾鳞。 One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes."The ichthyologist pointed out the prominent buckler on the sturgeon, explaining that it was one of the bony plates protecting its head. "鱼类学家指着鲟鱼身上突出的盾鳞，解释说那是保护它头部的一块骨质鳞甲。biologyanatomyfishanimalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share前盾 The anterior segment of the shell of a trilobites."During the paleontology field trip, the students carefully examined the trilobite fossil, noting the distinct shape of its buckler, the shield-like front section of its shell. "在古生物学实地考察期间，学生们仔细观察了三叶虫化石，注意到其前盾（也就是像盾牌一样的前端外壳）独特的形状。geologyarchaeologyanimalbiologypartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share舷眼盖板，护盾。 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."The ship's carpenter installed a new buckler to seal the hawse hole and prevent water from flooding the ship's deck. "船上的木匠安装了一个新的舷眼盖板，以封住锚链孔，防止海水涌入甲板。nauticalsailingnauticaltechnicalvehicleoceanpartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share保护， 防卫 To shield; to defend."She tried to buckler her little brother from the older kids who were teasing him. "她试图保护她的弟弟，使他免受那些欺负他的大孩子的骚扰。militaryactionweaponChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
