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

• 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。
• Worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern.
  缝在包装图案上的镶边的针脚的花边。
• He had a spray in his buttonhole.
  他的钮孔中插着一簇花。
• 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。
• Adjustable industrial sewing machine stand It is often a chain stitch machine and the size of the buttonhole can be altered to suit with requirements.
  可调式工业缝纫机架它是一台链式线迹缝纫机，纽洞的大小可以根据需要调节。
• Flower worn in the buttonhole of the lapel of a coat or jacket
  大衣或上衣翻领的钮扣孔上佩带的花
• 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。
• 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。
• In the noisy basement, hawkers of leather goods buttonhole passing foreigners, cajoling until all hope of a sale is lost.
  在嘈杂的大厅，皮具小贩强拉住过往的外国人，巧舌如簧，除非他们做生意的希望彻底落空。
• 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？