buttonology

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The study of buttons (clothing fasteners and badges). uncountable
    — We're masters "buttonology" — of experimentation, of keeping pace with far-sighted fashion trends — are climaxed in a new Spring line which we present to the trade as worthy of representing our Golden Jubilee.
  2. An exaggerated and pointlessly pedantic systematization, especially of something trivial. derogatory,uncountable
    — In the short story De lycksaliges ö from 1890 there is a satire on the Historical Museum in Stockholm , where archaeology with its typological method is characterized as a “ buttonology " ( Strindberg 1890 : 116ff ; cf. Welinder 1994 : 297ff , 320ff )
  3. The basic training required to start using a machine or piece of software: what the components of the interface are, what they do, and how to accomplish basic tasks. informal,uncountable
    — But if he does know his buttonology, there is much pleasure and profit for him in amateur picture-taking.
  4. User interface US,slang,uncountable
    — “The [controller] that will go in theater . . . is just a tad bigger . . . but all the same buttonology, but it’s ruggedized for the environment,” Raulerson said.

词汇关系

相关词
button stamp collecting

词源

From button + -ology. In the sense of pedantic systematization, a calque of Swedish knappologi with the same literal meaning.
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