buttonhole

英 [ˈbʌtnhəʊl]

美 [ˈbʌtnhoʊl]

n.  纽扣孔; 扣眼; 佩戴在扣眼上的花
v.  勉强(某人)停下来听

复数：buttonholes　过去式：buttonholed　过去分词：buttonholed　现在分词：buttonholing　第三人称单数：buttonholes　

BNC.22655 / COCA.27210

牛津词典

noun

• 纽扣孔；扣眼
  a hole on a piece of clothing for a button to be put through
• 佩戴在扣眼上的花
  a flower that is worn in the buttonhole of a coat or jacket

verb

• 勉强（某人）停下来听
  to make sb stop and listen to you, especially when they do not want to

柯林斯词典

• 纽孔；扣眼
  Abuttonholeis a hole that you push a button through in order to fasten a shirt, coat, or other piece of clothing.
• 别在衣服上的花；胸花
  Abuttonholeis a flower that you wear on your coat or dress.
• VERB 强留（某人）停下来听
  If youbuttonholesomeone, you stop them and make them listen to you.
  1. Several people buttonholed television reporters to explain to them their reasons for not voting.
     几个人拉住电视台记者非要向他们解释自己不投票的理由。

英英释义

noun

• a hole through which buttons are pushed
  Synonym:button hole

verb

• detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of
  Synonym:lobby

双语例句

• He stuck a rose in the buttonhole.
  他在扣眼里插上一枝玫瑰。
• I got to buttonhole that guy who saw marla.
  我得和那个看见玛拉的家伙谈谈。
• She snapped off a dark red one, and a ruffled new green leaf, and put them in his buttonhole.
  她折断一暗红色之一，是竖起新的绿叶，并把他们在他的扣眼。
• In medieval europe, garments were laced or fastened together with brooches or clasps until the buttonhole was reinvented in the13th century.
  直到13世纪发明钮孔以前，在中世纪的欧洲是用带子或以胸针，夹子将衣服固定起来。
• He wore a sprig of lilac in his buttonhole.
  他在他的钮扣上戴著一个紫丁香的小花枝。
• A red rose given to a true love, a daisy peeking out of a buttonhole, a bundle of violets handed demurely to a crush each conveys a different sentiment.
  红玫瑰献给真爱，雏菊从钮扣孔探出头来张望，一束紫罗兰庄严地递到梦中情人面前，不同的情感就这样得到传递。
• Wife: No, dear, I couldn't find the button, so I just sewed up the buttonhole.
  妻子：没有，亲爱的。我找不到扣子，所以我只把扣眼儿给缝上了。
• He wore a red carnation in his buttonhole.
  他的扣洞上了一朵红色康乃馨。
• He had a white carnation in his buttonhole.
  他在钮孔上佩了朵白色康乃馨。
• I want to be famous in the way a pulley is famous or a buttonhole, not because it did anything spectacular, but because it never forgot what it could do.
  我想像个滑轮，或是钮扣眼那样为人所熟知。其名声并非来自什么惊人之举，而只因其从未忘记自己的职责。