| 主要翻译 |
| buttonhole nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (slit for a button) | 钮扣孔
niǔ kòu kǒng |
| | The little girl struggled to push the button of her coat through the buttonhole. |
| buttonhole nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | UK (flower worn in a buttonhole) | 插于钮扣孔上的花
chā yú niǔ kòu kǒng shàng de huā |
| | It is traditional at a wedding for the groom to wear a buttonhole. |
| buttonhole [sb]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | US, figurative, informal (accost, force to converse) | 强留…长谈
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| | I was about to leave the office when my boss buttonholed me. |
buttonhole [sb],
buttonhole [sb] into [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | US, figurative, informal (accost, force to converse) | 强迫…谈论
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| | The next thing I knew, he'd buttonholed me into a discussion about taxes. |
| buttonhole [sb] about [sth] vtr + prep | US, figurative, informal (accost, force to converse about) | 强迫…谈论
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| | The reporter buttonholed the congressman about budget cuts. |
| buttonhole [sb] into doing [sth] v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | US, figurative, informal (accost, force to do) | 强迫…做
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| | The interviewer buttonholed me into making comments I later regretted. |