English Dictionary

buttonholer

名詞

One who detains somebody in conversation against their will. / An attachment for a sewing machine which automates the side-to-side and forward-and-backward motions involved in sewing a buttonhole.

日本語の意味

（会話において）無理に相手を会話に引き留める人 / ミシンに取り付ける部品で、ボタンホールを縫う際の横方向および縦方向の動きを自動化するためのもの

At the conference I was cornered by a persistent buttonholer who asked me about my research for nearly an hour.

会議で、粘り強く相手の会話を無理に引き止める人に捕まり、ほぼ1時間も私の研究について質問されました。

意味（1）

One who detains somebody in conversation against their will.

意味（2）

An attachment for a sewing machine which automates the side-to-side and forward-and-backward motions involved in sewing a buttonhole.

buttonholers （ plural ）