| 主な訳語 |
| buttonhole n | (slit for a button) | ボタン穴 名
HHiraganaぼたんあな |
| | The little girl struggled to push the button of her coat through the buttonhole. |
| buttonhole n | UK (flower worn in a buttonhole) | ボタン穴にさす飾りの花 名
HHiraganaぼたんあなにさすかざりのはな |
| | It is traditional at a wedding for the groom to wear a buttonhole. |
| buttonhole [sb]⇒ vtr | US, figurative, informal (accost, force to converse) | ～を引き止める 他動
HHiragana～をひきとめる |
| | | ～を引き止めて長話する 動詞句
HHiragana～をひきとめてながばなしする |
| | I was about to leave the office when my boss buttonholed me. |
buttonhole [sb],
buttonhole [sb] into [sth]⇒ vtr | US, figurative, informal (accost, force to converse) (連語「～のために」で目的を示す) | ～を引き止めて長話する 動詞句
HHiragana～をひきとめてながばなしする |
| | The next thing I knew, he'd buttonholed me into a discussion about taxes. |
| buttonhole [sb] about [sth] vtr + prep | US, figurative, informal (accost, force to converse about) (連語「～について」で話題を示す) | ～を引き止めて長話する 動詞句
HHiragana～をひきとめてながばなしする |
| | The reporter buttonholed the congressman about budget cuts. |
| buttonhole [sb] into doing [sth] v expr | US, figurative, informal (accost, force to do) | ～を引き止めて～させる 動詞句
HHiragana～をひきとめて～させる |
| | The interviewer buttonholed me into making comments I later regretted. |