buttoned [
'bʌtn.]
a. 扣紧的
- I've never met anyone so buttoned up.
我从来没有见到过这样不爱讲话的人. - The deal should be buttoned up by tomorrow.
这笔生意应於明天顺利成交. - The job is buttoned up.
这工作已完成了。
buttoned[ adj ]
furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike
<adj.all>
Button \But"ton\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Buttoned}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Buttoning}.] [OE. botonen, OF. botoner, F. boutonner. See
{Button}, n.]
1. To fasten with a button or buttons; to inclose or make
secure with buttons; -- often followed by up.
He was a tall, fat, long-bodied man, buttoned up to
the throat in a tight green coat. --Dickens.
2. To dress or clothe. [Obs.] --Shak.
buttoned \buttoned\ adj.
furnished with buttons or something buttonlike. Opposite of
{unbuttoned}. [Narrower terms: {botonee, botonnee};
{button-down}; {closed}]
[WordNet 1.5]
- The house is buttoned down and we're packed." But he, and others like him who had come south from as far away as Montreal, were not going anywhere until they were forced out.
- Blair concentrated on classic casual looks in big pearl-buttoned tunics and shirtwaist-style jackets, sometimes with sleeves buttoned off or on.
- The man from Tehran had his white shirt buttoned (on a very hot day) to the top.
- U.S. officials are remarkably serene in their confidence the treaty will be ready by Monday. "Basically, it's buttoned up.
- In his baggy white suit and white shirt buttoned at the neck, Mr. Monoszon has a rare perspective on Czechoslovak music.