| 单词 | button |
| 释义 | button (once / 252 pages) 1nv 2n 3n A button is a small, flat, round object often found on clothing. It can also describe the round disc you press to turn on an electronic device, like the button you push to turn on your computer. The noun button also can refer to the little round billboards people pin to their clothes to display their favorite political candidate, band, organization, or saying. Button can also be a verb, which describes the act of fastening buttons, like when you button your shirt. Or if you work at an electronics factory, your job might be to button, or attach buttons to, a cell phone. WORD FAMILYbutton: buttoned, buttoning, buttonlike, buttons, buttony, unbutton+/unbutton: unbuttoned, unbuttoning, unbuttons USAGE EXAMPLES“It was like some demon had crawled into my friend’s soul and pushed a crazy, angry button,” Robertson writes. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) And living up to his nickname “Silent Cal,” Coolidge “refused to speak, but he did agree to push the button,” Feiker said. Time(Dec 01, 2016) On the next screen, click the Change My Name button. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) 1 1n a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes Hypo|Hyper coat button a button on a coat shirt buttona button on a shirt fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place 2n a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment they passed out campaign buttons for their candidate Hyper badge an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.) 3n any artifact that resembles a button Hyper artefact, artifact a man-made object taken as a whole 4n any of various plant parts that resemble buttons Hyper plant part, plant structure any part of a plant or fungus 5v fasten with buttons button the dress Ant|Hyper unbutton undo the buttons of fasten, fix, secure cause to be firmly attached 6v provide with buttons 2button a shirt Hyper add make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of 1n a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism Syn|Hyper release device an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose 2n an electrical switch operated by pressing 3the elevator was operated by push buttons Syn|Hypo|Hyper push, push button bell push a button that is pushed to ring a bell bell, buzzer, doorbella push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed horn buttona button that you press to activate the horn of an automobile mouse buttona push button on the mouse panic buttona button to push in order to summon help in case of an emergency reset buttona push button that you press to activate the reset mechanism night bella doorbell to be used at night electric switch, electrical switch, switch control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit n a female sexual organ homologous to the penis Hyper erectile organ an organ containing erectile tissue |
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