button-up
button-up — 形容詞
1. describing a garment — for example a shirt, blouse, or jacket — whose front clos
鈕扣前開的
衣服前襟用一排鈕扣開合
describing a garment — for example a shirt, blouse, or jacket — whose front closes with several buttons arranged in a straight line from the neck down to the hem.
Gabriel wore a crisp button-up shirt to the job interview.
Gabriel 去工作面試時穿了一件燙挺的鈕扣前開式襯衫。
button-up shirt (noun after hyphenated adj)
The tailor recommended a button-up blouse with a Mandarin collar.
裁縫建議做一件立領的鈕扣前開式女襯衫。
For the school play, the costume designer asked for a dark blue button-up jacket.
學校話劇的服裝設計師要求一件深藍色的鈕扣前開式外套。
Young children often find button-up shirts harder to manage than T-shirts.
幼齡兒童通常覺得鈕扣襯衫比 T 恤難穿脫。
- button-down
specifically describes a shirt whose collar points fasten to the body with small buttons; more specific than button-up
- pullover
a garment that is put on over the head without any front fastening
文法句型
button-up + noun (shirt / blouse / jacket)
用法筆記
Attributive only — you say a button-up shirt but not *this shirt is button-up. For the predicative sense (the shirt buttons up), see the verb entry.
常見錯誤
button-up — 名詞
1. a top — usually a shirt, blouse, or jacket — that is closed at the front by push
鈕扣前開上衣
前襟有鈕扣的襯衫或外套
a top — usually a shirt, blouse, or jacket — that is closed at the front by pushing buttons through their matching buttonholes from the collar downward.
Takeshi owns eight button-ups and wears a different one each day.
Takeshi 有八件鈕扣前開襯衫，每天穿不同的一件。
button-ups (plural count noun)
The laundry service pressed every button-up and hung them on wooden hangers.
洗衣店把所有鈕扣前開式襯衫燙好，掛在木衣架上。
Lara folded her favourite blue button-up and placed it carefully into the suitcase.
Lara 把她最喜歡的那件藍色鈕扣上衣摺好，小心放進手提箱。
The second-hand shop had a rack of colourful button-ups from the 1990s.
那家二手店有一整排九○年代色彩繽紛的鈕扣上衣。
- pullover
a sweater or top that goes on over the head
文法句型
a/the button-up
button-ups (plural)
用法筆記
Common in shopping, laundry, and wardrobe contexts. Uncountable uses (e.g. *I need button-up) are not standard.
button-up — 動詞
- button-uppresent simple I / you / we / they
- button-ups3rd person singular
- button-uping-ing form
- button-upedpast simple
1. to close something — typically a bag, container, or piece of equipment — complet
密封；關緊
完全關閉使內容物不外洩
to close something — typically a bag, container, or piece of equipment — completely so that nothing can get in or out, or to be closed in this way.
Before the rain started, Eitan buttoned up the tent and checked every corner.
下雨之前，Eitan 把帳篷密密關好，檢查了每一個角落。
buttoned up the tent (transitive, concrete object)
The sleeping bag buttons up with a single cord at the top.
這個睡袋頂端用一條繩子就可以拉緊關好。
buttons up (intransitive, present tense)
Shirin buttoned up her messenger bag so that her notebook would not fall out.
Shirin 把她的 messenger 包關好，以免筆記本掉出來。
Please button up the duvet cover before putting it in the machine.
請把羽絨被套的開口封好再放進洗衣機。
- unbutton
the opposite action — opening something by releasing buttons
文法句型
button up + object (a bag / a coat / a tent)
button up (no object)
用法筆記
A separable phrasal verb: you can say button up the bag or button the bag up. The pronoun object must go between: button it up, not *button up it.
常見錯誤
2. to finish all the remaining details or final steps of a piece of work so that no
完成；收尾
做完某項工作的所有剩餘環節
to finish all the remaining details or final steps of a piece of work so that nothing is left to do.
The design team buttoned up the final draft of the report by Friday afternoon.
設計團隊趕在週五下午完成了報告的最終稿。
buttoned up the ... report — task completion
Anna buttoned up the arrangements for the conference two weeks before the event.
Anna 在活動開始前兩週就把會議的所有安排都處理好了。
We need to button up the budget before the CEO presents it to the board.
我們必須在 CEO 向董事會報告之前把預算定下來。
The contractors promised to button up all renovation work by the end of the month.
承包商承諾在月底前把所有的裝修工作做完。
- start
the beginning of a project or task
文法句型
button up + object (a deal / a project / the paperwork)
用法筆記
Nearly always transitive; used informally in workplace conversation. More formal alternatives include finalise, complete, or wrap up.
3. to reach a firm, unchangeable decision or settlement on a matter after all parti
敲定；定案
達成不可更改的協議或決定
to reach a firm, unchangeable decision or settlement on a matter after all parties have agreed — used especially of legal or financial outcomes.
The two companies buttoned up the merger agreement after six months of negotiation.
兩家公司在談判六個月後敲定了合併協議。
buttoned up the merger agreement — legal/business finalization
Everything is buttoned up and the contract will be signed tomorrow morning.
一切都已拍板定案，合約將在明天早上簽署。
is buttoned up (passive, finality of settlement)
The lawyers spent a full day making sure all the clauses were buttoned up.
律師花了一整天的時間確保所有條款都敲定無誤。
Once the divorce settlement was buttoned up, both parties could finally move on.
離婚協議一旦定案，雙方總算可以繼續往前走了。
文法句型
button up + object (an agreement / a settlement / a contract)
be buttoned up
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 2 (FINISH TASK): sense 2 applies to routine work or projects, while sense 3 specifically describes reaching a binding decision or settlement that closes a matter permanently. Frequently used in the passive voice.
4. to suddenly stop speaking, often because you are told to keep a secret, or as a
閉嘴；沉默
突然停止說話或不許說話
to suddenly stop speaking, often because you are told to keep a secret, or as a blunt instruction to stop talking.
When the teacher walked in, Cole buttoned up and stared at his desk.
老師一走進來，Cole 就閉上嘴，盯著自己的書桌。
buttoned up (intransitive, sudden silence)
The witness was told to button up about what she had seen in the courtroom.
證人被要求對她在法庭上看到的事情閉口不談。
button up about + topic — silence on a subject
Dewi's older brother told her to button up when she started asking too many questions.
Dewi 的哥哥叫她閉嘴，因為她開始問太多問題了。
Just button up and let me finish what I am saying, please.
請你閉嘴，讓我把話說完。
- speak up
to start talking or to talk more loudly
文法句型
button up (no object)
tell someone to button up
用法筆記
Direct and can sound rude — similar to shut up but slightly less harsh. The phrase button your lip is a politer alternative in British English. Common in criticism and reprimands.