button
n. 纽扣; 按钮; 徽章
v. 扣上扣子; 用纽扣扣住
Buttons are small hard objects sewn on to shirts, coats, or other pieces of clothing. You fasten the clothing by pushing the buttons through holes called buttonholes.
...a coat with brass buttons.
带铜纽扣的外套
If you button a shirt, coat, or other piece of clothing, you fasten it by pushing its buttons through the buttonholes.
Ferguson stood up and buttoned his coat.
弗格森站起身来,扣上了外套。
A button is a small object on a machine or electrical device that you press in order to operate it.
He reached for the remote control and pressed the 'play' button.
他伸手拿过遥控器,按下“播放”键。
A button is a small piece of metal or plastic which you wear in order to show that you support a particular movement, organization, or person. You fasten a button to your clothes with a pin.
If you say that someone presses the right button or pushes the right button, you mean that they get what they want from a particular situation or person by behaving in a clever way.
Buchanan pushed all the right buttons, appealing to Maher's loyalty and to his guilt.
布坎南通过激发马厄的忠心和负罪感得到了他想要的东西。
1. a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
2. an electrical switch operated by pressing a button;
3. any of various plant parts that resemble buttons
4. a female sexual organ homologous to the penis
1. provide with buttons;
2. fasten with buttons;
button one's lip
(非正式)不吭声,住嘴
press the button
(非正式)发动(事件)(常用来形容发动核战争多么容易)
push (或 press) someone's buttons
(非正式)引起反应
button something up
(非正式)圆满结束
压制(或控制)的
on the button
准确;确切
He didn't even button his coat.
他没扣他外衣的纽扣.
Press the button and the wheel will turn.
按一下电钮,轮子就会转动.
He is sewing a button on.
他把一个纽扣缝上去了.
The cop told him to button his lip.
警察叫他闭嘴.
Press the button, then the machine will work.
按下电钮, 机器就能转动了.