button-down

Word family

ˈbutton-down adjectiveadj [only before noun]

1. DCa button-down shirt or collar has the ends of the collar fastened to the shirt with buttons 〔衬衫〕领尖有扣子的

2 a button-down company or style is formal and traditional 〔公司或风格〕一本正经的，传统的

He didn’t fit in with the button-down culture of his new boss.

他不习惯新老板一本正经的处事作风。

Examples from the Corpus

button-down• Crew necks were worn with button-down collars kept inside the neck.• He was wearing an old raincoat over his usual gray suit, button-down shirt, and necktie.• White bucks, chinos, a button-down shirt open at the collar.• Watch too for button-down shirts on a Ralph Lauren tip at £69.• Like Southfork Ranch, the seating is in crusty burgundy leatherette button-down style.• Daisy ring-pulls dangle from button-down white sun panels.

From Longman Business Dictionary

button-downˈbutton-down (also buttoned-down) adjectiveadj [only before a noun]

a button-down company or style is formal and traditional

Wearing cowboy boots and open-necked shirts, he did not fit in with the button-down culture of IBM.

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