5.button nose/eyesHBHa nose or eyes that are small and round 小而圆的鼻子/眼睛
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button nose/eyes• There are hundreds of black button eyes and a thicknest of yarn for the hair.• Reddishbrown hair and bright, button eyes, and a shy, quivering look.• Mrs Stych fixed her button eyes upon the elegant figure of Mrs Frizzell and bowled purposefully across the lawn.
6on the buttonCORRECT especially American EnglishAmE informal exactly right, or at exactly the right time 非常准确;准时
She got to our house at two, on the button.
她两点钟准时到了我们家。
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on the button• She clickedon the button to turn over the secondcard, and the second card was Death.• So she pressed down on the button more firmly.• Did he bank and dive, his fingeron the button, his gunsblazing from the wings?• The whole show, Dominic says, is about keeping your finger on the button.• He was pressing hardon the button and standing patiently for the door to open.• He made his birdie and he made his cut, right on the button.• The weatherforecast was right on the button.• She got to our house at two, on the button.
7press/push (all) the right buttonsto get what you want by behaving in a clever way 每一步都走得很对
She seemed to push all the right buttons.
她好像步步正确,一路顺利。
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press/push (all) the right buttons• He pushed all the right buttons.• These are words which are all designed to press the right buttons among women voters.
8press/push somebody’s buttonsto make someone angry by doing or saying something that annoys them 激怒某人
He really knows how to push Dad’s buttons.
他最拿手的就是把爸爸激怒。
9at/with the push/touch of a buttonused to emphasize how easy a machine is to use because it is controlled by pushing a button 只要按一下按钮〔用于强调机器容易操作〕
The instrument can gauge a distance with the push of a button.
undid ... buttons• He put his head on my shoulder and undid the buttons of my blouse.• He pushed her backwards and covered her body with his own, as he gradually undid the buttons of her dress.• Turning he undid the buttons of her coat and ran his hands inside and around her waist.• He undid his buttons, and peeled off his shirt.• He undid the buttons of his shirt and shrugged it from his shoulders, letting it fallunheeded to the floor.• He undid the top buttons of his shirt and pulled the shirt apart.
mouse button• But debates about mouse buttons are impassioned and urgent.• Double-click - A mouseprocedure where the left-handmouse button is pressed twice in quicksuccession.• Object properties, once set, can be redefined simply by re-clicking the right mouse button.• Pointing at the object and pressing the right mouse buttondisplays each object's properties.• Use your trusty right mouse button to click on it, which will bring up a properties sheet.• The right-side mouse button is one such key to using Windows 95.• Then there was the mouse buttonwar.• Mass Downloader is particularly nice, as it integrates into your mouse buttonmenu.
button2 verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]
1PUT ON CLOTHES (also button up) to fasten clothes with buttons, or to be fastened with buttons 用纽扣扣住,扣上…的扣子
Sam, make sure Nina buttons up her jacket.
萨姆,要让尼娜把上衣扣好。
2.button it!British EnglishBrE, button your lip/mouth!American EnglishAmE spokenQUIET used to tell someone in a rude way to stoptalking 住嘴!闭嘴!
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button• The pantsbutton at the side.• He pulled his trousers back up and buttoned his fly.• No - he was buttoning his jacket in a purposefulmanner, and they were about to leave the scene.• Rickels needs help for tasks such as buttoning his shirt.• Her fingersbuttoned something at her neck where there was nothing to button.• Then he buttoned the top over his undershirt, and pulled on a pair of greensocks.• She got up from the bed, buttoned up her nightshirt and went to the door.• Button up your coat, Nina - it's cold.
From Longman Business Dictionary
buttonbut·ton /ˈbʌtn/ noun [countableC]
1something that you press to make a machine or piece of electricalequipment do something
She got in the elevator and pressed the button for the top floor.
What happens if I push this button?
2COMPUTINGa place on a computer screen that you click on to make it do something
I clicked on the ‘save’ button and exited the file.