bell button

短语

词形变化

bell buttons 复数 bell buttons

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small, round mechanical device which, when pressed, rings a bell to announce one's presence or call a servant, assistant, etc.

  2. 2.

    A button in the form of a jingle bell, used as a fastener or decoration on a piece of clothing.

    1775, James Adair, The History of the American Indians, London: Edward and Charles Dilly, Chapter , Argument 17, p. 171, […] the young warriors now frequently fasten bell-buttons, or pieces of tinkling brass to their maccaseenes, and to the outside of their boots, instead of the old turky-cock-spurs which they formerly used.