| 单词 | buttonholed |
| 释义 | buttonholed buttonhole n: (slit for a button) SC 钮扣孔 niǔ kòu kǒng TC 鈕扣孔 The little girl struggled to push the button of her coat through the buttonhole. buttonhole n: UK (flower worn in a buttonhole) SC 插于钮扣孔上的花 chā yú niǔ kòu kǒng shàng de huā It is traditional at a wedding for the groom to wear a buttonhole. buttonhole [sb] vtr: US, figurative, informal (accost, force to converse) SC 强留…长谈 I was about to leave the office when my boss buttonholed me. buttonhole [sb], buttonhole [sb] into [sth] vtr: US, figurative, informal (accost, force to converse) SC 强迫…谈论 The next thing I knew, he'd buttonholed me into a discussion about taxes. buttonhole [sb] about [sth] vtr + prep: US, figurative, informal (accost, force to converse about) SC 强迫…谈论 The reporter buttonholed the congressman about budget cuts. buttonhole [sb] into doing [sth] v expr: US, figurative, informal (accost, force to do) SC 强迫…做 The interviewer buttonholed me into making comments I later regretted. |
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