Almost more important than the button is the buttonhole.

比纽扣更为重要的是扣眼。

For a button on our clothing to work, it needs a buttonhole.

要使我们衣服上的纽扣起作用，它需要扣眼。

When button a button you slip it into a buttonhole. A buttonhole traps the button.

当扣扣子的时候，你把扣子扣到扣子眼里。扣眼就锁住了扣子。

So, to buttonhole someone means you have trapped them in a spoken conversation.

所以，" to buttonhole someone" 意思是你在一场谈话中被困住了。

Jen had me buttonholed for an hour about her work project.

珍硬让我听她唠叨了一个小时她的工作项目。

The button and the buttonhole is such a great invention.

纽扣和扣眼是伟大的发明。

So, if you buttonhole someone in a conversation, you trap them.

因此，如果你在对话中“buttonhole”某人，意思是你拦住了某人。

Good for you. I got buttonholed with a few people for an hour.

走得对。我被几个人拉住说了一个小时。

He was wearing a flower that resembled an oversized artichoke in his buttonhole.

他衣服的扣眼里插着一枝鲜花，活像一朵特别大的洋蓟。

Now, you can buttonhole someone with a fun topic.

你可以用一个有趣的话题来吸引某人。