英语词汇“to button up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. intransitive. To stop talking; to refuse to talk; (originally Stock Market) to maintain secrecy concerning investment losses. [Compare earlier buttoned-up adj. 3.]

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1841 [implied in: F. Jackson Week in Wall Street iii. 47 Strange as it may seem, not a man could be found in Wall-street, who confessed the ownership of a share; where three weeks before there were thousands. This is called ‘buttoning up’.].

1857 Knickerbocker Jan. 35 There's no special call for blowing that I know of—at least not along Wall-street, where men often ‘button up’ for much less.

1937 N. R. Nash So Wonderful! (in White) 14 Janey, don't button up every time I try to talk to you. Tell me. What is it?

1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed ix. 61 If the little pusher chose to button up now, I would be left helpless.

2007 J. Kavenna Inglorious (2008) 5 Her experience was general not exceptional and she really ought to button up.

2. transitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). To complete or conclude (something, esp. a business transaction) satisfactorily or successfully; to finish, finalize.

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1906 Harrisonburg (Va.) Daily News 18 June 1/3 Absentee senators and representatives who thought legislation was ‘all buttoned up’, as Speaker Canon says, are coming back to Washington.

1915 Grand Rapids (Michigan) Furnit. Rec. Oct. 266/1 Upon the approach depends 25 per cent (to put it low) of buttoning up a sale.

1957 Monopoly Probl. Regulated Industries: Hearings before Antitrust Subcomm. No. 5 (U.S. House of Representatives, 84th Congr., 2nd Sess.) VII. 5668 As soon as the business affairs people get that contract buttoned up, so that they have got the rights to that game, then the sales department will go out and try to find an advertiser.

1990 P. Bart Fade Out vii. 127 Kirk and I want you to button up the deal.

2016 Western Daily Press (Nexis) 18 Jan. (Sport section) 66 The sole British challenger..will be making an all out effort to make a top six place prior to the Italian round which buttons up the series.

单词	to button up
释义	> as lemmas to button up to button up 1. intransitive. To stop talking; to refuse to talk; (originally Stock Market) to maintain secrecy concerning investment losses. [Compare earlier buttoned-up adj. 3.] ΚΠ 1841 [implied in: F. Jackson Week in Wall Street iii. 47 Strange as it may seem, not a man could be found in Wall-street, who confessed the ownership of a share; where three weeks before there were thousands. This is called ‘buttoning up’.]. 1857 Knickerbocker Jan. 35 There's no special call for blowing that I know of—at least not along Wall-street, where men often ‘button up’ for much less. 1937 N. R. Nash So Wonderful! (in White) 14 Janey, don't button up every time I try to talk to you. Tell me. What is it? 1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed ix. 61 If the little pusher chose to button up now, I would be left helpless. 2007 J. Kavenna Inglorious (2008) 5 Her experience was general not exceptional and she really ought to button up. 2. transitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). To complete or conclude (something, esp. a business transaction) satisfactorily or successfully; to finish, finalize. ΚΠ 1906 Harrisonburg (Va.) Daily News 18 June 1/3 Absentee senators and representatives who thought legislation was ‘all buttoned up’, as Speaker Canon says, are coming back to Washington. 1915 Grand Rapids (Michigan) Furnit. Rec. Oct. 266/1 Upon the approach depends 25 per cent (to put it low) of buttoning up a sale. 1957 Monopoly Probl. Regulated Industries: Hearings before Antitrust Subcomm. No. 5 (U.S. House of Representatives, 84th Congr., 2nd Sess.) VII. 5668 As soon as the business affairs people get that contract buttoned up, so that they have got the rights to that game, then the sales department will go out and try to find an advertiser. 1990 P. Bart Fade Out vii. 127 Kirk and I want you to button up the deal. 2016 Western Daily Press (Nexis) 18 Jan. (Sport section) 66 The sole British challenger..will be making an all out effort to make a top six place prior to the Italian round which buttons up the series. extracted from buttonv. < as lemmas
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