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

†P3. to take (also seize, etc.) (a person) by the button: to accost (a person) and detain him or her in conversation by, or as if by, taking hold of a button on his or her clothing. Cf. buttonhole v. 1 and button-hold v. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > utter in a chattering manner [verb (transitive)] > talk excessively to

word1602

to take (also seize, etc.) (a person) by the button1710

button-hold1838

buttonhole1848

to bend a person's ear1938

ear-bash1944

1710 Tatler 16 Dec. ¶3 Jasper Tattle Esq; was a most notorious Story-Teller;..he had detained another by the Button of his Coat that very Morning, till he had heard several witty Sayings and Contrivances of the Prosecutor's eldest Son.

1795 R. Cumberland Henry II. vi. xi. 317 He rose from his seat, when Henry,..taking him by the button, said—‘One more word if you please’.

1800 M. A. Hanway Andrew Stuart III. xiii. 235 My landlady having seized him by the button, and mounted her gossiping hobby, her career was not easily stopped.

1877 Sunday School Teacher 3 191 Another [teacher]..would perhaps take me by the button, and bore me for an hour about my spiritual condition.

1913 Nation 12 June 599/2 One person after another takes him by the button and astonishes him by telling him truths.

单词	to take by the button
释义	> as lemmas to take (also seize, etc.) (a person) by the button †P3. to take (also seize, etc.) (a person) by the button: to accost (a person) and detain him or her in conversation by, or as if by, taking hold of a button on his or her clothing. Cf. buttonhole v. 1 and button-hold v. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > utter in a chattering manner [verb (transitive)] > talk excessively to word1602 to take (also seize, etc.) (a person) by the button1710 button-hold1838 buttonhole1848 to bend a person's ear1938 ear-bash1944 1710 Tatler 16 Dec. ¶3 Jasper Tattle Esq; was a most notorious Story-Teller;..he had detained another by the Button of his Coat that very Morning, till he had heard several witty Sayings and Contrivances of the Prosecutor's eldest Son. 1795 R. Cumberland Henry II. vi. xi. 317 He rose from his seat, when Henry,..taking him by the button, said—‘One more word if you please’. 1800 M. A. Hanway Andrew Stuart III. xiii. 235 My landlady having seized him by the button, and mounted her gossiping hobby, her career was not easily stopped. 1877 Sunday School Teacher 3 191 Another [teacher]..would perhaps take me by the button, and bore me for an hour about my spiritual condition. 1913 Nation 12 June 599/2 One person after another takes him by the button and astonishes him by telling him truths. extracted from buttonn. < as lemmas
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