buttons

英 [ˈbʌtnz]

美 [ˈbʌtnz]

n.  纽扣; 扣子; (机器的)按钮; (尤指印有信息的)徽章
v.  扣…的纽扣; 用纽扣扣上
button的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 纽扣；扣子
  Buttonsare small hard objects sewn on to shirts, coats, or other pieces of clothing. You fasten the clothing by pushing the buttons through holes called buttonholes.
  1. ...a coat with brass buttons.
     带铜纽扣的外套
• VERB 扣上…的纽扣
  If youbuttona shirt, coat, or other piece of clothing, you fasten it by pushing its buttons through the buttonholes.
  1. Ferguson stood up and buttoned his coat.
     弗格森站起身来，扣上了外套。
  2. Button upmeans the same asbutton.
     button up同button
  3. I buttoned up my coat; it was chilly...
     我扣上了外套的扣子；天气很冷。
  4. The young man slipped on the shirt and buttoned it up...
     这个年轻人一下子穿上衬衫，扣好了扣子。
  5. It was freezing out there even in his buttoned-up overcoat.
     外面非常冷，即使穿上大衣扣上扣子也不顶事。
• N-COUNT （机器的）按钮，开关
  Abuttonis a small object on a machine or electrical device that you press in order to operate it.
  1. He reached for the remote control and pressed the 'play' button.
     他伸手拿过遥控器，按下“播放”键。
• 圆形小徽章
  Abuttonis a small piece of metal or plastic which you wear in order to show that you support a particular movement, organization, or person. You fasten a button to your clothes with a pin.

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 badge


• PHRASE （巧妙地）获取想要的东西
  If you say that someonepresses the right buttonorpushes the right button, you mean that they get what they want from a particular situation or person by behaving in a clever way.
  1. Buchanan pushed all the right buttons, appealing to Maher's loyalty and to his guilt.
     布坎南通过激发马厄的忠心和负罪感得到了他想要的东西。

双语例句

• Using the buttons on the mouse, users can click, double-click, or click and drag.
  用户利用鼠标上的按钮可以单击、双击和单击并拖动。
• I undid the bottom two buttons of my yellow and grey shirt
  我解开了自己黄灰相间的衬衫上最下面的两个纽扣。
• Forward and reload buttons can be just as much trouble as the Back button.
  前进和重载按钮的问题与后退按钮的问题一样。
• Even the settings screen was just a couple of pages of on/ off buttons and horizontal scroll bars.
  即使是设置屏幕也只显示了两三个页面，提供了开关机按钮和水平滚动条。
• As she talked, she fiddled with the buttons on her sweater.
  她一边说话，一边捏弄着毛衣上的纽扣。
• Mari did up the buttons
  玛丽系好扣子。
• To improve toolbar usability and accessibility, you can enlarge or add text to toolbar buttons.
  为了提高工具栏的可用性和易用性，可增大工具栏按钮或为其添加文本。
• Buchanan pushed all the right buttons, appealing to Maher's loyalty and to his guilt.
  布坎南通过激发马厄的忠心和负罪感得到了他想要的东西。
• He fumbled with the buttons at the neck
  他笨手笨脚地系着领口的纽扣。
• She liked the dress that buttons down the back.
  她喜欢从背部扣纽扣的女装。