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单词 lace
释义

lace

[ leys ]
/ leɪs /
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noun

verb (used with object), laced, lac·ing.

verb (used without object), laced, lac·ing.

to be fastened with a lace: These shoes lace up the side.
to attack physically or verbally (often followed by into): The teacher laced into his students.

Origin of lace

1175–1225; (noun) Middle English las<Old French laz, las ≪ Latin laqueus noose; (v.) Middle English lasen<Middle French lacier, lasser, lachier (French lacer) ≪ Latin laqueāre to enclose in a noose, trap

OTHER WORDS FROM lace

lacelike, adjectivelacer, nounre·lace, verb, re·laced, re·lac·ing.well-laced, adjective
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Example sentences from the Web for lace

  • Lacer is derived from laqs, a rope, a noose; and this comes from laqueus.

    A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume II (of 2)|Johann Beckman
  • Lacer: a lappet; applied to a margin with irregular, broad and deep emarginations, leaving lappet-like intervals.

    Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology|John. B. Smith

British Dictionary definitions for lace

lace
/ (leɪs) /

noun

verb

See also lace into, lace up

Derived forms of lace

lacelike, adjectivelacer, noun

Word Origin for lace

C13 las, from Old French laz, from Latin laqueus noose
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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