buttonhole

英 [ˈbʌtnhəʊl]

美 [ˈbʌtnhoʊl]

n. 纽扣孔; 扣眼; 佩戴在扣眼上的花
v. 勉强(某人)停下来听

复数：buttonholes　过去式：buttonholed　过去分词：buttonholed　现在分词：buttonholing　第三人称单数：buttonholes　

BNC.22655 / COCA.27210

牛津词典

noun

verb

勉强（某人）停下来听
to make sb stop and listen to you, especially when they do not want to

纽孔；扣眼
Abuttonholeis a hole that you push a button through in order to fasten a shirt, coat, or other piece of clothing.
别在衣服上的花；胸花
Abuttonholeis a flower that you wear on your coat or dress.
VERB 强留（某人）停下来听
If youbuttonholesomeone, you stop them and make them listen to you.
1. Several people buttonholed television reporters to explain to them their reasons for not voting.
  几个人拉住电视台记者非要向他们解释自己不投票的理由。

noun

verb

detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of
Synonym:lobby

She snapped off a dark red one, and a ruffled new green leaf, and put them in his buttonhole.
她折断一暗红色之一，是竖起新的绿叶，并把他们在他的扣眼。
Buttonhole not securely caught in fabric causing stitching to pull away from fabric.
钮门未钉死在布上导致钮门容易被拉脱。
My flower, seek not thy paradise in a fool's buttonhole.
我的花啊，不要在愚人的钮扣孔里寻找你的乐园。
Worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern.
缝在包装图案上的镶边的针脚的花边。
He wore a sprig of lilac in his buttonhole.
他在他的钮扣上戴著一个紫丁香的小花枝。
He had a white carnation in his buttonhole.
他在钮孔上佩了朵白色康乃馨。
Several people buttonholed television reporters to explain to them their reasons for not voting.
几个人拉住电视台记者非要向他们解释自己不投票的理由。
I want to be famous in the way a pulley is famous or a buttonhole, not because it did anything spectacular, but because it never forgot what it could do.
我想像个滑轮，或是钮扣眼那样为人所熟知。其名声并非来自什么惊人之举，而只因其从未忘记自己的职责。
He had a spray in his buttonhole.
他的钮孔中插着一簇花。
Wife: No, dear, I couldn't find the button, so I just sewed up the buttonhole.
妻子：没有，亲爱的。我找不到扣子，所以我只把扣眼儿给缝上了。