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词汇 buttoning
释义 buttoning
present participle ofbutton
button
verb[ I or T ]
uk /ˈbʌt.ən/ us /ˈbʌt̬.ən/
to fasten something, usually a piece of clothing, using buttons: 扣上(…的)纽扣
You forgot to button your sweater.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Fasteners for clothes
belt
buckle
buckled
button fly
button something up
button-through
eyelet
fastener
flies
fly
grommet
hook and eye
snap
snap fastener
stud
suspender
suspendersphrase
Velcro
zip
zip something/someone up

Idioms


button it
button your lip

Phrasal verb


button something up

Examples of buttoning


buttoning

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


The counter occluder forms a double-eight figure on the right side of the atrial septum after buttoning.
Some people very much disliked the old cavalry mess dress buttoning tight up to the throat.
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To use a local colloquialism, we had what we called "buttoning places ".
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Then he began to have problems buttoning up shirts.
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Arm-onset patients may experience difficulty with tasks requiring manual dexterity such as buttoning a shirt, writing, or turning a key in a lock.
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He always wore several jackets, buttoning or unbuttoning them according to season.
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Fine motor abilities, such as writing and buttoning clothes, became impaired during an attack.
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Buttoning and button holing are completed and much of the finishing touches such as sewing the point of the vee are done by hand.
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Instead of buttoning together in the middle, the sides are pulled against the wearers body, the right flap close to the body with the left covering.
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The emancipation bodice was a tight sleeveless vest, buttoning up the front, with rows of buttons along the bottom to which could be attached petticoats and skirt.
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Another patient was observed to be buttoning up her blouse with her controlled dominant hand while the alien non-dominant hand, at the same time, was unbuttoning her blouse.
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Knox was able to derive, using his "buttoning up" procedure, some of the wiring of the rotor that had been loaded in the fast position on that day.
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