Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.button up; buckle
扣好安全带。
Fasten your safety belt.
把大衣扣上。
Button up your coat.
带子的两端在背后扣上。
The two ends buckle at the back.
- 2
n.button
这件上衣有好多扣。
This coat has many buttons.
我把夹克的拉链拉好,系好扣。
I zipped and buttoned my jacket.
我的大衣掉了一个扣。
A button has come off my coat.
- 3
v.deduct; subtract; withhold
扣某人奖金
withhold somebody's bonus
扣工资
deduct a part from somebody's pay
扣十块钱
deduct 10 yuan
- 4
n.knot; buckle
银质皮带扣是唯一存留下来的战争遗物。
The silver belt buckle is the only relic of the battle that survives.
他对她帽子上的扣端详了一会儿。
He looked for a moment at the buckle in her hat.
这是带金属扣的皮带。
This is a belt with a metal buckle.
- 5
v.place a cup, bowl, etc. upside down; cover with an inverted cup, bowl, etc.
拿碗把菜扣上。
Cover the dish with a bowl.
流浪汉头上斜扣着一顶破帽子。
An old hat sat askew on the vagrant's head.
把这个缸扣起来。
Turn the vat upside down.
- 6
v.detain; take into custody; arrest
他闯了红灯,这个警察扣了他的车。
The police took away his car because he had run the red light.
他被扣在警察局里面。
He is detained at a police station.
将罪犯扣起来。
Take the offender into custody.
- 7
n.loop of thread (on a screw); turn
把螺丝拧三扣。
Give the screw three turns.
synonym
- 8
v.smash or spike (a ball)
猛扣一个球
smash a ball forcefully
一球扣死
score one point with one smash hit
- 9
v.metaput (a label on somebody); brand somebody with unwarranted or unfavourable labels
给某人扣上叛国的罪名
frame somebody as a traitor