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B0583700 (bŭt′n)n.1. a. A generally disk-shaped fastener used to join two parts of a garment by fitting through a buttonhole or loop.b. Such an object used for decoration.2. Any of various objects resembling a button, especially:a. A push-button switch.b. The blunt tip of a fencing foil.c. A fused metal or glass globule.3. Computers a. In graphical user interface systems, a well-defined area within the interface that is clicked to select a command.b. In a hypertext database, an icon that when selected allows a user to view a particular associated object.4. Any of various knoblike structures of an organism, especially:a. An immature, unexpanded mushroom.b. The tip of a rattlesnake's rattle.5. A usually round flat badge that bears a design or printed information and is typically pinned to a garment: a campaign button.6. Informal The end of the chin, regarded as the point of impact for a punch.7. Games a. In card games, especially poker, a plastic disk or similar marker placed in front of the person who is designated as dealer for a particular hand. At the start of each hand, the first card is dealt to the left of the button and the dealing of cards continues clockwise around the table.b. The person who is in possession of this button.c. The position on the gaming table where this button is located.v. but·toned, but·ton·ing, but·tons v.tr.1. To fasten with buttons: buttoned his shirt; buttoned up her raincoat.2. To decorate or furnish with buttons.3. Informal To close (the lips or mouth): Button your lip.v.intr. To be or be capable of being fastened with buttons: The blouse buttons up the back.Phrasal Verb: button up1. To fasten one's clothing tightly, as against cold weather.2. To close or seal securely: button up the cabin for winter.3. To complete the final details of: "Publication is a couple of months off; they're just buttoning up paperback rights" (Donald Dale Jackson).Idiom: on the button Exactly; precisely.

[Middle English botoun, from Old French bouton, from bouter, to thrust, of Germanic origin; see bhau- in Indo-European roots.]

but′ton·er n.but′ton·y adj.

button

(ˈbʌtən) n1. (Clothing & Fashion) a disc or knob of plastic, wood, etc, attached to a garment, etc, usually for fastening two surfaces together by passing it through a buttonhole or loop2. a small round object, such as any of various sweets, decorations, or badges3. (Electronics) a small disc that completes an electric circuit when pushed, as one that operates a doorbell or machine4. (Electronics) a symbolic representation of a button on the screen of a computer that is notionally depressed by manipulating the mouse to initiate an action5. (Biology) biology any rounded knoblike part or organ, such as an unripe mushroom6. (Fencing) fencing the protective knob fixed to the point of a foil7. (Metallurgy) a small amount of metal, usually lead, with which gold or silver is fused, thus concentrating it during assaying8. (Metallurgy) the piece of a weld that pulls out during the destructive testing of spot welds9. (Rowing) rowing a projection around the loom of an oar that prevents it slipping through the rowlock10. Brit an object of no value (esp in the phrase not worth a button)11. slang intellect; mental capacity (in such phrases as a button short, to have all one's buttons, etc)12. on the button informal exactly; preciselyvb13. to fasten with a button or buttons14. (tr) to provide with buttons15. (Fencing) (tr) fencing to hit (an opponent) with the button of one's foil16. button one's lip button up one's lip button one's mouth button up one's mouth to stop talking: often imperative[C14: from Old French boton, from boter to thrust, butt, of Germanic origin; see butt³] ˈbuttoner n ˈbuttonless adj ˈbuttony adj

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n. 1. a small disk, knob, or the like attached to an article, as of clothing, and serving as a fastener when passed through a buttonhole or loop. 2. anything resembling a button, esp. in being small and round, as a candy, ornament, or marker. 3. a badge or emblem bearing a name, slogan, or the like, for wear on the lapel, dress, etc.: campaign buttons. 4. a small knob or disk pressed to activate an electric circuit, operate a machine, open a door, etc. 5. Computers. (in a graphical user interface) any of the small, labeled, button-shaped areas upon which the user can click, as with a mouse, to choose an option. 6. a young or undeveloped mushroom. 7. any of various small parts or structures resembling a button, as the rattle at the tip of the tail in a very young rattlesnake. 8. Informal. the point of the chin. 9. (in assaying) a small globule or lump of metal at the bottom of a crucible after fusion. 10. the protective, blunting knob fixed to the point of a fencing foil. v.t. 11. to fasten with or as if with a button or buttons: Button your coat. 12. to insert (a button) in a buttonhole or loop. v.i. 13. to be capable of being buttoned: This coat buttons up the front. Idioms: 1. button up, a. Also, button one's lip. to become or keep silent. b. to complete successfully; finish. 2. (right) on the button, exact; correct. [1275–1325; Middle English boto(u)n < Anglo-French: rosehip, button, stud; Middle French boton=boter to butt³ + -on n. suffix] but′ton•er, n. but′ton•less, adj.

button

Past participle: buttoned
Gerund: buttoning

Imperative
button
button

Present
I button
you button
he/she/it buttons
we button
you button
they button

Preterite
I buttoned
you buttoned
he/she/it buttoned
we buttoned
you buttoned
they buttoned

Present Continuous
I am buttoning
you are buttoning
he/she/it is buttoning
we are buttoning
you are buttoning
they are buttoning

Present Perfect
I have buttoned
you have buttoned
he/she/it has buttoned
we have buttoned
you have buttoned
they have buttoned

Past Continuous
I was buttoning
you were buttoning
he/she/it was buttoning
we were buttoning
you were buttoning
they were buttoning

Past Perfect
I had buttoned
you had buttoned
he/she/it had buttoned
we had buttoned
you had buttoned
they had buttoned

Future
I will button
you will button
he/she/it will button
we will button
you will button
they will button

Future Perfect
I will have buttoned
you will have buttoned
he/she/it will have buttoned
we will have buttoned
you will have buttoned
they will have buttoned

Future Continuous
I will be buttoning
you will be buttoning
he/she/it will be buttoning
we will be buttoning
you will be buttoning
they will be buttoning

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been buttoning
you have been buttoning
he/she/it has been buttoning
we have been buttoning
you have been buttoning
they have been buttoning

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been buttoning
you will have been buttoning
he/she/it will have been buttoning
we will have been buttoning
you will have been buttoning
they will have been buttoning

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been buttoning
you had been buttoning
he/she/it had been buttoning
we had been buttoning
you had been buttoning
they had been buttoning

Conditional
I would button
you would button
he/she/it would button
we would button
you would button
they would button

Past Conditional
I would have buttoned
you would have buttoned
he/she/it would have buttoned
we would have buttoned
you would have buttoned
they would have buttoned

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	button - a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholescoat button - a button on a coatfastening, holdfast, fastener, fixing - restraint that attaches to something or holds something in placeshirt button - a button on a shirt
	2.	button - an electrical switch operated by pressing; "the elevator was operated by push buttons"; "the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk"push button, pushbell push - a button that is pushed to ring a bellbuzzer, doorbell, bell - a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushedhorn button - a button that you press to activate the horn of an automobilemouse button - a push button on the mousepanic button - a button to push in order to summon help in case of an emergency; "the circuit is operated by a panic button"; "when he saw that I was angry he hit the panic button"push-button radio - a radio receiver that can be tuned by pressing buttonsreset button - a push button that you press to activate the reset mechanismelectric switch, electrical switch, switch - control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
	3.	button - any of various plant parts that resemble buttonsplant part, plant structure - any part of a plant or fungus
	4.	button - a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment; "they passed out campaign buttons for their candidate"badge - an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.); "they checked everyone's badge before letting them in"
	5.	button - a female sexual organ homologous to the penisclit, clitorisglans clitoridis - small mass of erectile tissue at the end of the body of the clitorisvulva - external parts of the female genitaliaerectile organ - an organ containing erectile tissueforeskin, prepuce - a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris
	6.	button - a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanismreleasedevice - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"
	7.	button - any artifact that resembles a buttonartefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole
Verb	1.	button - provide with buttons; "button a shirt"add - make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table"
	2.	button - fasten with buttons; "button the dress"fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"unbutton - undo the buttons of; "unbutton the shirt"

button

noun1. fastening, catch, hook, clip, clasp, fastener, hasp, press stud a coat with brass buttons2. switch, control, key, handle, lever, knob He pressed the 'play' button.

Translations

扣紧按钮纽扣钮扣

button

(ˈbatn) noun1. a knob or disc used as a fastening. I lost a button off my coat.钮扣2. a small knob pressed to operate something. This button turns the radio on.按钮 verb (often with up) to fasten by means of buttons. 扣紧ˈbuttonhole noun the hole or slit into which a button is put. 扣眼 verb to catch someone's attention and hold him in conversation. He buttonholed me and began telling me the story of his life. 强留（某人）长谈

button

→ 纽扣zhCN

Which button do I press? → 按哪个按钮？

button

button,

knoblike appendage used on wearing apparel either for ornament or for fastening. Although buttons were sometimes used as fasteners by Greeks and Romans, they were more often merely ornamental disks. They first became widely used when fitted garments came into use in the 13th cent., and their popularity has varied with the changes in fashion. In the 16th cent. they were magnificent and were classed among the vanities; made of silver or gold and jeweled, they were often set in a long row touching one another. In the 17th cent. cloth-covered buttons with embroidered decoration were popular; buttons appeared on everything, even handkerchiefs. The Puritans, considering buttons a vanity, used hooks and eyes. Early settlers in North America often used buttons in trading with the indigenous peoples. The manufacture of buttons began in the United States c.1826. Buttons, originally made of bronze or bone, have also been made of materials such as metal, porcelain, paste, wood, ivory, horn, pearl, glass, and plastic. There are two main types, those made with holes and those with shanks. The latter have a loop of metal let in through a hole or soldered into place.

Bibliography

See D. Epstein and M. Safro, Buttons (1991); D. J. Wisniewski, Antique & Collectible Buttons (1997).

button

[′bət·ən] (computer science) A small circle or rectangle on a graphical user interface, such that moving the pointer to it and clicking the mouse initiates some action. (electronics) A small, round piece of metal alloyed to the base wafer of an alloy-junction transistor. Also known as dot. The container that holds the carbon granules of a carbon microphone. Also known as carbon button. (metallurgy) Mass of metal remaining in a crucible after fusion has been completed. That part of a weld which tears out in the destructive testing of spot-, seam-, or projection-welded specimens.

button

1. A small projecting member such as a piece of wood or metal; used to fasten the frame of a door or window. 2. A turn button.

turn button, button

A fastener for a window or door which rotates on a pivot and is attached to the frame.

button

1. a small disc that completes an electric circuit when pushed, as one that operates a doorbell or machine 2. Computing a symbolic representation of a button on the screen of a computer that is notionally depressed by manipulating the mouse to initiate an action 3. Biology any rounded knoblike part or organ, such as an unripe mushroom 4. Fencing the protective knob fixed to the point of a foil 5. a small amount of metal, usually lead, with which gold or silver is fused, thus concentrating it during assaying 6. the piece of a weld that pulls out during the destructive testing of spot welds 7. Rowing a projection around the loom of an oar that prevents it slipping through the rowlock

button

(electronics)push-button.

button

(operating system)A graphical representation of anelectrical push-button appearing as part of a graphical user interface. Moving the mouse pointer over thegraphical button and pressing one of the physical mousebuttons starts some software action such as closing a windowor deleting a file.

See also radio button.

button

(1) A small, marked area on an electronic device that is physically pressed down to activate a function. The button may stand out from its base so that it can be located by feel, or it can be level with its base such as the left and right buttons on most mice.

(2) An icon on screen that is "pressed" by clicking it with the mouse or, if a touchscreen, tapping it with a finger.

Simulating a Physical Depression

In the early days of personal computers, on-screen buttons were often made to look like physical buttons by simulating their physical depression when clicked with the mouse. While the mouse button was held down, the software swapped the original button image (left) with a depressed version (right). See mouse over.

Buttons

(dreams)Most often the button in your dream is a button on a piece of clothing, rather than a button that you push. Buttons on clothing represent something from your physical, or outer, self. Note if you were buttoning or unbuttoning, and, from there, attempt to obtain meaning. Unbuttoning generally represents an opening up of your emotions or ideas. You may be leaving yourself open to new possibilities as you are letting go of old thoughts and ways of doing things. Alternatively and on a positive side, buttoning up may reflect a need to conserve and to pull inward, to “button” your lip or to restrain yourself in some way. The more negative interpretation of buttoning up may be that you are currently feeling bound, restricted, or lacking some type of freedom.

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noun fastening

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noun switch

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noun a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes

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noun an electrical switch operated by pressing

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noun any of various plant parts that resemble buttons

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noun a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment

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noun a female sexual organ homologous to the penis

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noun a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism

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noun any artifact that resembles a button

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verb provide with buttons

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verb fasten with buttons

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