button
US: /ˈbətən/
UK: /bˈʌtən/
UK: /bˈʌtən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
button /'bʌtn/
- danh từ
- cái khuy, cái cúc (áo)
- cái nút, cái núm, cái bấm (chuông điện...)
- nụ hoa; búp mầm (chưa nở)
- (số nhiều) (thông tục) chú bé phục vụ ở khách sạn ((cũng) boy in buttons)
- not to care a [brass] button
- (thông tục) cóc cần
- động từ
- cái khuy, cái cúc; cài
- to button up one's coat: cài khuy áo lại
- this dress buttons down the back: cái áo này cài ở phía sau
- đơm khuy, đôm cúc (áo)
- ((thường) + up) phủ kín áo lên (người hay súc vật mang trong người)
- buttoned up
- (quân sự), (từ lóng) tất cả đều đã sẵn sàng đâu vào đấy
- to button up one's mouth
- (thông tục) im thin thít
- to button up one's purse
- (thông tục) keo kiệt, bủn xỉn
- cái khuy, cái cúc; cài
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 a small round piece of metal, plastic, etc. that is sewn onto a piece of clothing and used for fastening two parts together: (BrE) to do up / undo your buttons + (AmE) to button / unbutton your buttons + to sew on a button + shirt buttons + a row of gilt buttons
2 a small part of a machine that you press to make it work: the play / stop / rewind button + Adam pressed a button and waited for the lift. + Choose 'printer' from the menu and click with the right mouse button. + The windows slide down at the touch of a button.
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3 (especially AmE) a BADGE, especially one with a message printed on it: He wore a button saying 'Life begins at 40!'
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Idioms see BRIGHT adj.
+ verb
1 [VN] ~ sth (up) to fasten sth with buttons: She hurriedly buttoned (up) her blouse.
2 [V] ~ (up) to be fastened with buttons: [V] The dress buttons (up) at the back.
Idioms: button it! (BrE, spoken) used to tell sb rudely to be quiet
Collocation dictionary
1 for fastening clothes
ADJ.
bottom, top
The top button of his shirt was undone.
| coat, shirt, etc.
VERB + BUTTON
do up, fasten | undo, unfasten | fumble with | lose
My coat has lost a button.
| rip off | sew on
BUTTON + VERB
be missing, come off, pop (off)
There was a button missing from his shirt. > Special page at CLOTHES
2 small switch
ADJ.
on, start/starter | off, stop | control | fast forward, pause, play, rewind | alarm, panic
She hit the alarm button as fast as she could.
| mouse | self-destruct
(often figurative)
VERB + BUTTON
click (on)
(computing),
depress, hit, hold down, press, push
Click the left mouse button twice.
| keep your finger on | release, take your finger off
PHRASES
at the touch of a button
The remote control allows you to change channel at the touch of a button. > Special page at COMPUTER
Concise English dictionary
buttons|buttoned|buttoning'bʌtn
noun
+a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
+an electrical switch operated by pressing
+any of various plant parts that resemble buttons
+a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment
+a female sexual organ homologous to the penis
+a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
+any artifact that resembles a button
verb
+provide with buttons
+fasten with buttons
