rebutton

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To fasten with buttons again. transitive
    — Ms. Osborne notes that in Edwardian London adulterous affairs tended to be conducted between the hours of five and seven (known as a “cinq à sept”) because it took women lots of time in those days to unbutton and unlace their layers of corsets, chemises and underskirts, let alone relace and rebutton them up afterward, so lovers scheduled their visits for just after tea when “ladies were undressing in order to exchange their afternoon clothes for their evening ones.”

词形变化

rebuttons present,singular,third-person rebuttoning participle,present rebuttoned participle,past rebuttoned past

词源

From re- + button.
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