释义 |
lace-up, a. (and n.)|ˈleɪsʌp| [lace v. 10.] Of boots or shoes: that are fastened with laces. Also ellipt. as n., a lace-up boot or shoe.
1836Dickens Sk. Boz (1850) 45/2 To fit a pair of lace-up half-boots on an ideal personage. 1841J. T. J. Hewlett Parish Clerk I. 22 A stout pair of lace-ups. 1851–61Mayhew Lond. Labour III. 410 He wore the heavy high lace-up boots, so characteristic of the tribe. 1889J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat xi. 170 He would have his lace-up boots. 1951[see button-up s.v. button v. 4]. 1964Observer 15 Nov. 14/4 Girls' shoes are much worse for the feet than the usual boys' lace-up. 1972R. Quilty Tenth Session 20 Her funny old-fashioned lace-up shoes. 1973Times 7 Nov. 18/3 A..quantity surveyor was clumping along in tan three-inch lace-ups. |