Buttons Meaning in English

word · lemma: button

US

/ˈbətənz/

BUH-duhnz

UK

/bˈʌtənz/

BUH-tuhnz

释义

Small objects you press on a machine or screen to make something happen, or small round fasteners used on clothes. The meaning depends on the context.

用法与细微差别

For clothes, common verbs are 'do up', 'undo', 'button', and 'unbutton'. For machines and screens, we usually say 'press', 'click', or 'tap a button'. On phones/apps, 'button' can also mean an on-screen control, not only a physical one.

• Spanish: botones
• Portuguese (BR): botões
• Portuguese (PT): botões
• Chinese (Simplified): 纽扣 - 按钮
• Chinese (Traditional): 鈕扣 - 按鈕
• Hindi: बटन
• Arabic: أزرار
• Bengali: বোতাম - বাটন (ডিভাইস/স্ক্রীন)
• Russian: пуговицы - кнопки
• Japanese: ボタン
• Vietnamese: nút - cúc áo
• Korean: 단추 - 버튼
• Turkish: düğme - buton (cihaz/ekran)
• Urdu: بٹن - ٹانکے (لباس کے لیے)
• Indonesian: tombol - kancing

例句

This shirt has five buttons.

basic

Press the green button to start the machine.

basic

One of my jacket buttons fell off.

basic

I kept pressing all the buttons, but nothing happened.

natural

Her coat was missing a couple of buttons.

natural

The app is simple, and the buttons are easy to find.

natural