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button-down

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Clothes & fashion
ˈbutton-down adjective [only before noun]  1. DCa button-down shirt or collar has the ends of the collar fastened to the shirt with buttons 〔衬衫〕领尖有扣子的2 a button-down company or style is formal and traditional 〔公司或风格〕一本正经的,传统的 He didn’t fit in with the button-down culture of his new boss. 他不习惯新老板一本正经的处事作风。
Examples from the Corpus
button-downCrew necks were worn with button-down collars kept inside the neck.He was wearing an old raincoat over his usual gray suit, button-down shirt, and necktie.White bucks, chinos, a button-down shirt open at the collar.Watch too for button-down shirts on a Ralph Lauren tip at £69.Like Southfork Ranch, the seating is in crusty burgundy leatherette button-down style.Daisy ring-pulls dangle from button-down white sun panels.
From Longman Business Dictionarybutton-downˈbutton-down (also buttoned-down) adjective [only before a noun] a button-down company or style is formal and traditionalWearing cowboy boots and open-necked shirts, he did not fit in with the button-down culture of IBM.
ˈbutton-down adjectiveChineseSyllable
a or Business of the collar has shirt the Corpus collar ends button-down


button-down
ˈbutton-down adjective [only before noun]
1. a button-down shirt or collar has the ends of the collar fastened to the shirt with buttons
2. a button-down company or style is formal and traditional:
    He didn’t fit in with the button-down culture of his new boss.


button-downBrE /ˌbʌtn ˈdaʊn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌbʌtn ˈdaʊn/ 🔊 adjective
a button-down collar, shirt, etc. has the ends of the collar fastened to the shirt with buttons (领尖)用纽扣系(在衬衫上)的