| 单词 | buttonhook |
| 释义 | buttonhook (once / 166470 pages) n WORD FAMILY buttonhook: buttonhooks USAGE EXAMPLESButtonhooks, long crochethook-like devices used to draw buttons through holes rapidly. Slate(Jun 14, 2012) Ivory, at the time, was used for all manner of things, from buttonhooks to boxes, piano keys to combs. Scientific American(May 29, 2011) "I said some good tugs would get us in, sir," he replied, raising his voice, and pulling paper out of the lock with a buttonhook. Hay, Ian, The Lighter Side of School Life(2010) n a hook for pulling a button through a buttonhole Hyper hook a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something |
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