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

单词	buttonhole
释义	buttonhole I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun 1. : a bound or stitched slit or a loop through which a button is passed 2. chiefly Britain : boutonniere 3. : hart's-tongue 1 II. transitive verb : to furnish with buttonholes or to work with buttonhole stitch III. transitive verb Etymology: alteration of buttonhold : to hold by or as if by the buttonhole in order to detain in conversation < be buttonholed by a bore — Virginia Woolf > < peddlers of gossip who buttonhole each other — Carl Sandburg > < ready to buttonhole members as they leave an executive session and to find out what has just happened — F.L.Mott > : catch the attention of < a voice from our radio buttonholed us — E.B.White >
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