button

noun

/ˈbʌtn/

Idioms

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a small round piece of metal, plastic, etc. that is sewn onto a piece of clothing and used for fastening two parts together纽扣；扣子
- (British English) to do up/undo your buttons系上／解开扣子
- (North American English) to button/unbutton your buttons 系上／解开扣子
- to sew on a button缝上扣子
- shirt buttons衬衫的纽扣
- a row of gilt buttons一排镀金纽扣
- One of the buttons on his jacket was missing.他夹克上的一颗纽扣不见了。
- My coat has lost a button.我的外套掉了一颗扣子。
- The top button of his shirt was undone.他衬衫最上面的纽扣开了。
- There was a button missing from his shirt.他衬衣上有一枚钮扣不见了。
- His fingers fumbled to do up/button the small buttons on his shirt.他的手指笨拙地扣上衬衫上的小纽扣。
- I need to sew this button back on.我得把这颗扣子再缝上去。
Topics Clothes and Fashiona2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- bottom
- top
- coat
- …
verb + button
- button
- do up
- fasten
- …
button + verb
- be missing
- come off
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a small part of a machine that you press to make it work（机器的）按钮
- the start/stop/pause button开始/停止/暂停按钮
- Adam pressed a button and waited for the lift.亚当按了一个按钮，然后等着乘坐电梯。
- Choose ‘printer’ from the menu and click with the right mouse button.从菜单上选取 “打印机”，然后点击鼠标右键。
- She pushed a button on the control panel.她按下了控制面板上的一个按钮。
- I hit the play button on the remote.我按了遥控器上的播放键。
- The windows slide down at the touch of a button.按一下开关，窗玻璃便降下来。
- With a push of a button, I can print out everything I need.只要按一下按钮，我就能打印出我需要的一切。
see also push-button, reset button, rewind button
- She hit the alarm button as fast as she could.她以最快的速度按了警报器。
- The remote control allows you to change channel at the touch of a button.遥控器让你一按键即可变换频道。
Topics Engineeringa2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- on
- start
- off
- …
verb + button
- click
- depress
- hit
- …
phrases
- at the touch of a button
- have your finger on
- keep your finger on
- …
a small area on a computer screen that you click on to make it do something（电脑屏幕上的）按键
- Click on the back button to go back to the previous screen.点击返回键，回到上一页。
- Click the ‘Finish’ button in the top right-hand corner of the screen.单击屏幕右上角的“完成”按钮。
- I hit the ‘Reply’ button in the mail toolbar.我点击了邮件工具栏上的“回复”按钮。
Topics Computersa2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- on
- start
- off
- …
verb + button
- click
- depress
- hit
- …
phrases
- at the touch of a button
- have your finger on
- keep your finger on
- …
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(especially North American English) a badge, especially one with a message printed on it（尤指印有信息的）徽章
- He wore a button saying ‘Life begins at 40!’他戴着一颗纽扣，上面写着“生命从40岁开始！
- She wore a ‘Vote Yes’ lapel button.她在翻领上别了一枚“投赞成票”的徽章。
- The candidates all distributed campaign buttons and bumper stickers.所有的候选人都在分发竞选徽章和保险杠贴纸。
- They all wore buttons saying ‘Stop the war’.他们全都戴着写有“停止战争”字样的徽章。
- He carries around an old backpack with peace buttons on it.他走到哪里都背着那个别着和平徽章的旧背包。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- lapel
- campaign
- peace
- …
verb + button
- wear

词源Middle English: from Old French bouton, of Germanic origin and related to the verb butt.

Idioms

(as) bright as a button

(British English, informal) intelligent and quick to understand机灵的；聪颖的
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Similes in idioms
- (as) bald as a coot
- (as) blind as a bat
- (as) bright as a button
- (as) bold as brass
- as busy as a bee
- as clean as a whistle
- (as) dead as a/the dodo
- (as) deaf as a post
- (as) dull as ditchwater
- (as) fit as a fiddle
- as flat as a pancake
- (as) good as gold
- (as) mad as a hatter/a March hare
- (as) miserable/ugly as sin
- as old as the hills
- (as) pleased/proud as Punch
- as pretty as a picture
- (as) regular as clockwork
- (as) quick as a flash
- (as) safe as houses
- (as) sound as a bell
- (as) steady as a rock
- (as) thick as two short planks
- (as) tough as old boots

on the button (informal, especially North American English)

at exactly the right time or at the exact time mentioned准时；正好
- We arrived at 4 o'clock on the button.我们在 4 点钟准时到达。
exactly right精确；准确；确切
- You're on the button there!那让你说中了！

push all the (right) buttons

(also press all the (right) buttons especially in British English)

(informal) to do exactly the right things to please somebody做得面面俱到以讨好人
- a new satirical comedy show that pushes all the right buttons一出新的极尽搞笑之能事的讽刺喜剧

push somebody’s buttons

(also press somebody’s buttons especially in British English)

(informal) to make somebody react in either a positive or a negative way使有所反应（无论是积极或消极的）
- I've known him for years, but I still don't know what pushes his buttons.我已认识他多年，可还是摸不透他的脾气。