英语词汇“button”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

词汇

button

释义

button

Theme: BADGE

n. a police officer's badge or shield.

The guy flashed his button, so I let him in.Just because you got a button, it doesn't mean you can push innocent citizens around!

Theme: CONCLUSION

n. the termination of a recitation; the punch line of a joke. (The equivalent of a button punched to signal a response.)

When I got to the button, I realized that I had told the whole joke wrong.When I came to the button, I knew I was really going to insult the guy.

button

1. noun

a police badge US, 1929.

by extension, a police officer US, 1953.

a person who acts as lookout US, 1992.

in organised crime, a person who kills on the orders from above. Sometimes expanded as 'button man' or 'button guy' US, 1966.

a small quantity of an item to be smuggled US, 1956.

the edible, psychoactive portion of a peyote cactus US, 1953.

opium UK, 1996.

a tablet of Mandrax™, a branded tranquillizer SOUTH AFRICA, 2002.

the clitoris UK, 1900.

the chin. Boxing jargon, usually in the phrase 'on the button', describing a blow right on the chin US, 1920.

in poker, a marker on the table that signifies the dealer; the dealer UK, 2003.

a Chrysler car equipped with push-button automatic transmission US, 1968.

in the television industry, a dramatic or funny climax to a scene US, 1990.► not have a buttonto have no money IRELAND, 1992.► on the buttonexactly; precisely. Possibly from boxing jargon, 'on the BUTTON' (on the chin) US, 1903

2. verb

► button your lip; button your lips; button your face; button it; button upto stop talking. Often as an injunction or exclamation. Used since 1836; and 'button it' first recorded in 1980 US, 1947

idiombuttonbright as a button BrEBrEused about someone, especially a child, who is intelligent and has a lot of energy:My niece, who is three and as bright as a button, seemed ready to stay up all night, but my sister looked exhausted.(right) on the button1 if you arrive somewhere on the button, you arrive exactly on time :Jack was there to meet the plane at eleven on the button.She's been staying out late a lot, but last night she came home right on the button.2 if something you say is right on the button, it is exactly the right answer or the best description of something:Sheraton's answers were right on the button as usual, leaving the rest of us feeling slightly stupid. Captain James Cook was, as usual, right on the button when he named this place 'The Friendly Islands'.

phrasebutton[buttoned, buttoned, buttoning]
button up
button up sth • button sth up to fasten all the buttons on a coat, shirt etc: You'd better button up your jacket - it's cold outside. His mother helped him on with his coat and buttoned it up for him.■ SIMILAR TO: fasten, do up

button

1. n. the termination of a recitation; the punch line of a joke; a zinger. (The equivalent of a button punched to signal a response.) When I got to the button, I realized that I had told the whole joke wrong.

2. n. a police officer’s badge or shield. The guy flashed his button, so I let him in.

See:

(as) bright as a button
(as) cute as a button
a hot button
as bright as a button
at the touch of a button
be as bright as a button
be as cute as a button
be missing some of (one's) buttons
belly button
bright as a button
bright as a button/new penny
button
button (one's) lip
button down
button it
button it!
button lip
button nose
button up
button your lip
Button your lip!
button-down
buttoned-down
buttoned-up
cactus buttons
cute as a button
dad fetch my buttons
Dad fetch my buttons!
have a/(one's) finger on the button
have all (one's) buttons
have all one's buttons
high-button shoes
hit the panic button
hot button
lose (one's) buttons
lose one's buttons
not have all (one's) buttons
on the button
press (all) the right buttons
press (someone's) buttons
press the button
press the panic button
press the right button
press/push the panic button
push (one's) buttons
push somebody's buttons
push someone's buttons
push someone's buttons, to
push the panic button
push the panic button, to
push the right button(s)
right on the button
Well, bust my buttons!

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