lace

noun

/leɪs/

[uncountable] a very thin material made from threads of cotton, silk, etc. that are made into a pattern with holes网眼织物；花边；蕾丝
- a lace handkerchief蕾丝手帕
- a tablecloth edged with lace镶有花边的桌布
- lace curtains蕾丝窗帘
see also lacy
Extra Examples
- a machine for knitting lace织网眼花边的机器
- a silk dress trimmed with lace镶着花边的真丝连衣裙
Topics Clothes and Fashionb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- delicate
- fine
verb + lace
- make
phrases
- trimmed with lace
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(also shoelace, North American English also shoestring)
[countable] a long thin piece of material like string that goes through the holes on a shoe and is used to fasten it鞋带
- Your laces are undone.你的鞋带松开了。
Extra Examples
- to tie/untie your laces系/解鞋带
- He's still a bit young to tie his own laces.他还太小，不能自己系鞋带。

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French laz, las (noun), lacier (verb), based on Latin laqueus ‘noose’ (also an early sense in English). Compare with lasso.

lace

verb

/leɪs/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they lace	/leɪs/ /leɪs/
he / she / it laces	/ˈleɪsɪz/ /ˈleɪsɪz/
past simple laced	/leɪst/ /leɪst/
past participle laced	/leɪst/ /leɪst/
-ing form lacing	/ˈleɪsɪŋ/ /ˈleɪsɪŋ/

[intransitive, transitive] to be fastened with laces; to fasten something with laces由带子系紧；把…用带子系牢
- lace (up) She was wearing a dress that laced up at the side.她穿着一件在侧面系带子的连衣裙。
- lace something (up) He was sitting on the bed lacing up his shoes.他正坐在床边系鞋带。
- I laced my walking boots up tightly.我把步行靴的鞋带系紧。
see also lace-up
[transitive] lace something to put a lace through the holes in a shoe, a boot, etc.给（鞋、靴等）穿鞋带 related noun lace-up
[transitive] lace something (with something) to add a small amount of alcohol, a drug, poison, etc. to a drink给（饮料）掺（少量的酒、药、毒药等） synonym spike
- He had laced her milk with rum.他在她的牛奶里加了少量朗姆酒。
- The chocolates had been laced with arsenic.这些巧克力中掺有砷。
[transitive] lace something (with something) to add a particular quality to a book, speech, etc.（以…）润色（书、讲话等）
- Her conversation was laced with witty asides.她交谈中穿插了一些俏皮的题外话。
- Irene's voice was heavily laced with irony.艾琳的声音里带着浓浓的讽刺。
[transitive] lace something to twist something together with another thing使编织（或交织、缠绕）在一起
- They sat with their fingers laced.他们手指交叉着坐在那里。

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French laz, las (noun), lacier (verb), based on Latin laqueus ‘noose’ (also an early sense in English). Compare with lasso.