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buttonhole

noun
🔊/ˈbʌtnhəʊl/
🔊/ˈbʌtnhəʊl/
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  1. a hole on a piece of clothing for a button to be put through纽扣孔；扣眼
    Topics Clothes and Fashionc2
  2. (British English)
    (North American English boutonnière)
    a flower that is worn in the buttonhole of a coat or jacket
佩戴在扣眼上的花

buttonhole

verb
🔊/ˈbʌtnhəʊl/
🔊/ˈbʌtnhəʊl/
(informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they buttonhole
🔊/ˈbʌtnhəʊl/
🔊/ˈbʌtnhəʊl/
he / she / it buttonholes
🔊/ˈbʌtnhəʊlz/
🔊/ˈbʌtnhəʊlz/
past simple buttonholed
🔊/ˈbʌtnhəʊld/
🔊/ˈbʌtnhəʊld/
past participle buttonholed
🔊/ˈbʌtnhəʊld/
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-ing form buttonholing
🔊/ˈbʌtnhəʊlɪŋ/
🔊/ˈbʌtnhəʊlɪŋ/
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  1. buttonhole somebody to make somebody stop and listen to you, especially when they do not want to勉强（某人）停下来听
    • He buttonholed me just as I was going home.就在我回家的时候，他扣了我一眼。