buttonhole

名词 buttonhole:

1. a hole through which buttons are pushed
   同义词：button hole

动词 buttonhole:

1. detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
   同义词：lobby

1. A really well- made buttonhole is the only link between art and nature.
   开得好的钮眼是联系艺术与自然的唯一环节。
2. He wore a red carnation in his buttonhole.
   他的扣洞上了一朵红色康乃馨。
3. He stuck a flower in his buttonhole.
   他在钮孔里插了一朵花。
4. He had a spray in his buttonhole.
   他的钮孔中插著一簇花。

but.ton.hole

n.（名词）
A small slit in a garment or piece of fabric for fastening a button.
钮扣眼：用于紧固钮扣的衣服或织物上的小开口
Chiefly British A boutonniere.
【多用于英国】 钮孔
v.tr.（及物动词）
but.ton.holed,but.ton.hol.ing,but.ton.holes
To make a buttonhole in.
在…开钮扣眼
To sew with a buttonhole stitch.
用锁眼针缝：用缝纽扣眼的针来缝韧
To accost and detain (a person) in conversation by or as if by grasping the person`s outer garments:
强留某人谈话：通过或好象通过抓住某人的外衣勾引或强留某人谈话：
例句：
.He was also frequently buttonholed by White House lobbyists . . . who seemed to be permanently assigned to shadow the burly Democrat.(Terence Moran)
.他不断地被白宫的说客留住谈话…这些人似乎总是受指使而使这位率直的民主党人不快.(特伦斯·莫兰)

来源：
Sense 3, probably alteration of button-hold
释义3，可能为 button-hold的变化

【引伸】
but.tonhol.er
n.（名词）