unbutton

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To open (something) by undoing its buttons. ambitransitive
    — Being now too high wound up to bear a delay, he unbutton'd, and drawing out the engine of love-assaults, drove it currently, as at a ready-made breach
    Fanny Hill
  2. To come open by having its buttons unfastened. ergative,intransitive
    — He was so muscled and firm, and the canvas shirt under his jacket unbuttoned easily.

词形变化

unbuttons present,singular,third-person unbuttoning participle,present unbuttoned participle,past unbuttoned past

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词源

From Middle English onbottonen, unbotonen; equivalent to un- + button.
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