buttonhole

英 ['bʌtnhəʊl] 美 ['bʌtnhoʊl]

• n. 钮孔；纽孔上的花
• v. 强留某人谈话；在...上开钮孔

英英释义

Noun:

1. a hole through which buttons are pushed

Verb:

1. detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. This buttonhole is torn.
   钮孔扯裂了。
2. He stuck a flower in his buttonhole.
   他在钮孔里插了一朵花。

用作动词 (v.)

1. He buttonholed me just as I was going home.
   正当我要回家时，他把我留住谈话了。

经典引文

• It was his salutary custom to buttonhole a director afterwards, and ask him whether he thought the coming year would be good or bad.

  出自： J. Galsworthy

词汇搭配

• buttonhole stitch 镶边的针脚
• buttonhole mitral stenosis 二尖瓣口钮孔状缩窄...
• buttonhole maker 锁眼工
• buttonhole fracture [医] 钮孔形骨折,...
• buttonhole someone 强留某人

近反义词

【近义词】

• accost 搭话
• corner 角落
• waylay 伏击
• grab 抓住
• confront 对抗
• opening 开口
• intercept 截取
• ambush 埋伏
• flower 花
• boutonniere 钮孔上的花
• spray 喷雾
• carnation 康乃馨(花名)...
• corsage 胸部
• lobby 大厅
• button hole 钮孔