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

• My flower, seek not thy paradise in a fool's buttonhole.
  我的花啊，不要在愚人的钮扣孔里寻找你的乐园。
• He had wormed a finger, in the darkness, through a buttonhole of Stephen's coat.
  在黑暗之中，他把一个手指头插入斯梯芬的外衣的钮扣眼里。
• I got to buttonhole that guy who saw marla.
  我得和那个看见玛拉的家伙谈谈。
• Buttonhole not securely caught in fabric causing stitching to pull away from fabric.
  钮门未钉死在布上导致钮门容易被拉脱。
• The machine is fitted with a blade which corresponds to the site of the buttonhole being formed.
  机器上装有一把刀，这把刀与纽洞的位置是一致的。
• 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。
• I don't like to buttonhole you this way, but believe me, it's important.
  我不喜欢这样拉住你听我讲，但是请相信我，这事很重要。
• A Quick But Important Tip-Do you know which is the most important buttonhole?
  快速而重要的情报，你知道哪些是最重要的游说？
• 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 had a white carnation in his buttonhole.
  他在钮孔上佩了朵白色康乃馨。