to make sb stop and listen to you, especially when they do not want to
1.扣眼,钮孔,钮眼
2.胸花
1.〈非正式〉强迫...听,强留...长谈
2.在...上开扣眼
1.a small hole in a piece of clothing through which you push a button to fasten it
2.a flower that you wear on your clothes, for example at a wedding, mainly used in British English
1.<informal>to stop someone and make them listen to what you have to say when they do not really want to
2.to make buttonholes in something
1.This was one of several models of buttonhole cameras widely used in the Soviet Union, Europe and North America.
图片里这个是曾在前苏联、欧洲以及北美地区被广泛使用的几款纽扣相机中的一种。
2.He arrived at Paddington Station and smartly turned out in his best suit, favorite Panama hat and a red rose in his buttonhole.
他到达帕丁顿车站，穿得漂漂亮亮的在他最好的西装，喜爱的巴拿马草帽，一束红玫瑰，在他的钮扣。
3.When he took his leave, late in the evening, from the mujlis of our elders, I would buttonhole and drag him to our school room.
当他在傍晚从长者那里离开时，我会把他强拉入学校。
4.A generally disk-shaped fastener used to join two parts of a garment by fitting through a buttonhole or loop.
钮扣通常为圆片状的固着物，用于穿过扣眼或扣环将衣服的两个部分连起来
5.a red rose given to a true love , a daisy peeking out of a buttonhole , a bundle of violets handed demurely to a crush ?
红玫瑰献给真爱，雏菊从钮扣孔探出头来张望，一束紫罗兰庄严地递到梦中情人面前，不同的情感就这样得到传递。
6.If possible, he should have a red ribbon in his lapel, through the buttonhole. He should wear pajamas on going to bed.
如果有条件，他还应该在上衣翻领上系一条红缓带，穿过纽眼，上床睡觉时还要换睡衣。
7.Eyelet buttonhole sewing machine is a special industrial equipment, and it was used to sew different kind of buttonholes.
圆头锁眼机是一种特种工业缝纫设备，用于缝纫不同的扣眼。
8.She snapped off a dark red one, and a ruffled new green leaf, and put them in his buttonhole.
她折断一暗红色之一，是竖起新的绿叶，并把他们在他的扣眼。
9.In the noisy basement, hawkers of leather goods buttonhole passing foreigners, cajoling until all hope of a sale is lost.
在嘈杂的大厅，皮具小贩强拉住过往的外国人，巧舌如簧，除非他们做生意的希望彻底落空。
10.Workers buttonhole Mr Rice continually, brandishing samples for his approval.
工人们不断拖住赖斯，向他炫耀样品，请他批准。