Picture the two front corners of a collar. Loose, they lift and flap; buttoned, they lie flat and stay exactly where they were put. That small is the whole word — first as a way of making a shirt, then as a way of describing anything where nothing is allowed to flap.
領子前面的兩個尖角。沒扣的時候,它們會翻、會飄。扣起來以後,它們平貼在胸前,放哪裡就待在哪裡。整個詞就是這個小動作。先是一種襯衫的做法,後來被借去形容任何「什麼都固定在原位、不准翹起來」的東西。想像一家公司也被這樣扣好了:衣著、時間、寫信的方式,全部服貼——這就是引申意思的來源。
登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。
容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。
同家族的字
- 名詞button
- 形容詞buttoned-down
意思相近
buttoned-downconservativeconventionalstraitlacedformaltraditional
意思相反
spread-collarrelaxedopen-collareasy-goingcasualfree-spirited