| 释义 |
ˈbutton-ˌholer
[f. button-hole + -er.]
1. a. One who makes button-holes.
1883Standard 6 Nov. 2/2 The garment next goes to the ‘button-holers’. 1884Graphic 16 Aug. 166 The skirt-hands get twelve shillings a week..the button-holers fifteen.
b. (Also as one word.) An attachment to a sewing-machine, for making buttonholes.
1958Clothing Machine Engineer Feb. 11 (Advt.), For the home moneymaker The Stitchmaster Automatic Button-holer. 1964McCall's Sewing v. 73/1 The buttonholer is easy to operate and works well on most fabrics. 1978Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. b14 (Advt.), Futura II machine with the exclusive Singer..buttonholer. 1984Sears Catal. 1985 Spring/Summer 968 This 12-stitch machine gives you a built-in buttonholer for bartack buttonholes.
2. One who ‘button-holes’; = button-holder 1.
1874E. Gosse in Academy 447 The two great button⁓holers, John Gower and Thomas Heywood. 1883― 17th Cent. Stud. 286 Malagene, Otway's tiresome button-holer.
3. colloq. A button-hole flower.
1884Punch 29 Nov. 257/1 Any young clerk who..contemplates buying a ‘button-holer’, or sending a Valentine. |