button

n.
1.bud萌芽，蓓蕾。
△Ham.1.3.40:“Too oft beforetheir buttons be disclosed，”往往在它们的蓓蕾吐放之前。
2. top (The button,at the crown of the cap,is thehighest point.) （女帽上的）顶扣，顶结。
△Ham.2.2.236(228): “Happy,in that we are not over-happy,onFortune’s cap we are not the very button.”(Fortune is personified as a woman ) 倒还幸福，不过也不是过分幸福；我们并不是命运女神帽顶上的纽扣。
3. power力量。
in his buttons: in his power,in his compass,just what he is capable of在他能力范围之内，正是他所能办到的事。
△Wiv.3.2.73(69):“ ’tis in his buttons”，i.e.Heis sure to succeed.他会稳稳到手的。

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button

vb. button up: fasten with buttons用扣子扣起来。
△Com.4.2.34:“whose hard heart is buttoned up withsteel；”一排铁扣子扣起他那冷酷的心肠。

button[ˈbʌtn]

n. 扣子，纽扣，按钮，小提琴的尾柱 v. 扣上扣子，扣紧
◇ a boy in buttons 侍役
button up one’s lip 住嘴，保守秘密
button up one’s mouth 准时，准确，击中下颌
not care a button about对…毫不在乎
not worth a button 一钱不值
take by the button 强留
‖ button buster 戏剧演员
button hook cut 底线外切
button hook pass 绊钩形传球，后退传接球
button keys accordion 钮键手风琴
button of horse 马身
button of magazine 弹匣底板