Almost more important than the button is the buttonhole.

比纽扣更为重要的是扣眼。

For a button on our clothing to work, it needs a buttonhole.

要使我们衣服上的纽扣起用，它需要扣眼。

When button a button you slip it into a buttonhole. A buttonhole traps the button.

当扣扣子的时候，你把扣子扣到扣子眼里。扣眼就锁住扣子。

So, to buttonhole someone means you have trapped them in a spoken conversation.

所以，" to buttonhole someone" 意思是你在一场谈话中被困住。

Jen had me buttonholed for an hour about her work project.

珍硬让我听她唠叨一个小时她的工项目。

The button and the buttonhole is such a great invention.

纽扣和扣眼是伟大的发明。

So, if you buttonhole someone in a conversation, you trap them.

因此，如果你在对话中“buttonhole”某人，意思是你拦住某人。

Good for you. I got buttonholed with a few people for an hour.

走得对。我被几个人拉住说一个小时。

He was wearing a flower that resembled an oversized artichoke in his buttonhole.

他衣服的扣眼里插着一枝鲜花，活像一朵特别大的洋蓟。

Now, you can buttonhole someone with a fun topic.

你可以用一个有趣的话题来吸引某人。

Like a button that has slipped into a buttonhole, they cannot escape.

就像滑进扣眼里的纽扣一样，他们无法逃脱。

She does her own hair, and I am teaching her to make buttonholes and mend her stockings.

她自己梳头，我也正在教她开纽洞，补她自己的袜子。

Each woman is specialized in one operation, like sweing cuffs or puttiing buttonholes on a fancy cocktail dress.

每个女工都专于某一操，如缝纫袖口或在华丽礼服上打上扣眼。

My mother put a little bunch of flowers into Garrone's buttonhole, for him to carry to his mother in her name.

母亲把小花束插入卡隆的纽孔中，说：“给我带去送给你的母亲！”

Half the time I can't even work the buttonholes.

有一半时间我什至无法操纽扣孔。

I never have any appetite unless I have a buttonhole first.

除非我先有扣眼， 否则我从来没有胃口。

Two of them tried to buttonhole me into a political conversation. But I avoided getting involved.

其中两个人试图把我拉入一个政治交谈中。但是我避开。

If you are buttonholed over an unpleasant topic, you can also say that someone had you cornered.

如果你被一个令人不快的话题困住，你也可以说某人把你逼入绝境。

I stepped back slowly and put the violet in a buttonhole.

我地退后一步， 把紫罗兰放在扣眼里。

Arthur had a fine rose in his buttonhole and looked profoundly thoughtful.

亚瑟的扣眼上别着一朵美的玫瑰， 看上去若有所思。