butt up

动词 v.

中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.

To touch closely, to scrape (against); to press firmly (against). idiomatic,intransitive

— Tonight’s sumptuous two-hour gig butts up hard against the curfew. Minutes often go by during which Murphy dispenses entirely with the business of singing pop songs. She’ll vogue, or reanimate some acid house moves, letting the beat take over.
To be in sharp contrast with; to confront. figuratively,idiomatic,intransitive

— At their zenith—arguably their infamous two-consecutive-night Knebworth gigs in 1996—Oasis embodied a very particular swaggering Manchester-ness, an unmatched scally confidence that butted up against a more constructed, dare I say pretentious, British music scene.

butts up present,singular,third-person butting up participle,present butted up participle,past butted up past