button
英 ['b?t(?)n]
美['b?tn]
- n. 按鈕；鈕扣
- vt. 扣住；扣緊；在…上裝鈕扣
- vi. 扣住；裝有鈕扣；扣上鈕扣
- n. (Button)人名；(英)巴頓
詞組搭配
button one's lip
(informal)stop or refrain from talking
(非正式)不吭聲，住嘴
press the button
(informal)initiate an action or train of events (often used to refer to the ease with which a nuclear war might be started)
(非正式)發(fā)動（事件）（常用來形容發(fā)動核戰(zhàn)爭多么容易）
push (或 press) someone's buttons
(informal)arouse or provoke a reaction of someone
(非正式)引起反應(yīng)
don't allow co-workers to push your buttons.
別讓你的同事牽著你的鼻子走。
button something up
(informal)complete or conclude something satisfactorily
(非正式)圓滿結(jié)束
trying to button up a deal.
試圖做成一筆交易。
[often as adj. buttoned]repress or contain something
壓制（或控制）的
it was repressive enough to keep public opinion buttoned up.
彈壓民意真是太專制了。
on the button
Exactly; precisely.
準確；確切
