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单词 lacy
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Definition of lacy in English:

lacy

adjectivelaciest, lacier ˈleɪsiˈleɪsi
  • Made of, resembling, or trimmed with lace.

    a lacy petticoat
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The actual wall of the gallery has been painted on one side with an old fashioned design roller, this gives it a yellow lacy feel to it.
    • Most women's lucky underpants are black and lacy; most men's, for some strange reason, are yellow.
    • I chose a short lacy dress that had a flare to the skirt section, so that hopefully this would distract from my tummy.
    • I prefer black and silky to white or lacy, and certainly am not a big fan of thongs.
    • The top was lacy with spaghetti straps and the bottom was dark red satin.
    • All through elementary school she bought me frilly, lacy dresses and huge hair bows.
    • Marietta shook her head, pulling her lacy shawl tighter around her shoulders.
    • She was last seen walking along the Thames without her top, in a white lacy bra and pink floral mini skirt.
    • Look out for Lepidium, a short herb with lacy spikes of pale pink flowers and rows of tiny oval seedpods.
    • I wore a soft yellow skirt, a black lacy shirt, and a pair of light green rubber galoshes with daisies on them.
    • The floors were scrupulously polished pine; there were gas lights on the walls and lacy curtains.
    • The delightful aromatic scent of delicate, lacy carnations has always captivated me.
    • There are several lacy, underwired and padded styles that look nothing like trainer bras.
    • It was a lacy, pink, frilly room complete with canopy bed and a window seat.
    • When you have made them all put a plate on top of the plate of lacy pancakes, then turn them over so that the brown crispy side is uppermost.
    • The foliage is lacy, and attractive even when the flowers are not in bloom.
    • My uniform consists of a short puffy black skirt with a lacy blue apron, and a creamy off-white blouse.
    • The figure in a modest black gown and lacy apron bowed her head demurely.
    • Those frilly, lacy hearts of different shades of red, white and pink just didn't do it for me.
    • It is also shifting plenty of feminine, lacy lingerie, in the kind of bright colours that go well with a sun tan.
    Synonyms
    ruffled, flounced, frilled, crimped, gathered, pleated, ruched, tucked, trimmed, frothy

Derivatives

  • lacily

  • adverb
    • Coarsely woven natural rugs serve as durable floor rugs, but lacily woven types made of delicate fibers should be used as wall hangings.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This waterfall is relatively small, cascading lacily 30 feet down the mountain, but hikers climb up its side to reach Sky Pond and the fourth waterfall near there.
      • To walk through this odd light was like walking through the clearest of rain water; the slim tree-trunks glistened whitely, like stems beneath water, too; small roots twining lacily over the bare ground were like roots washed bare at the bottom of the sea.
      • It was a marvelously complex, lacily ornamented kind of music.
  • laciness

  • noun
    • Climbers add laciness, flower, scent and verticality that is impossible to achieve with any other kind of plant.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Frost and snow are both frozen water crystals, and the laciness of each comes from the same two qualities: six-fold symmetry and an intricate branching pattern.
      • With Cornus Florida, minimal pruning is the key - after all, the beauty of dogwood is its laciness.
      • There is variety in texture, too, from the fragile laciness of maidenhair fern to the solidity of harts tongue fern.
      • There is only one type of knot used, but the amount of space between the knots is what creates the laciness.

Rhymes

Basie, Casey, Gracie, O'Casey, pace, pacy, precis, racy, spacey, Stacey, Sulawesi, Tracy
 
 

Definition of lacy in US English:

lacy

adjectiveˈleɪsiˈlāsē
  • Made of, resembling, or trimmed with lace.

    a lacy petticoat
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are several lacy, underwired and padded styles that look nothing like trainer bras.
    • The foliage is lacy, and attractive even when the flowers are not in bloom.
    • It is also shifting plenty of feminine, lacy lingerie, in the kind of bright colours that go well with a sun tan.
    • The floors were scrupulously polished pine; there were gas lights on the walls and lacy curtains.
    • I chose a short lacy dress that had a flare to the skirt section, so that hopefully this would distract from my tummy.
    • My uniform consists of a short puffy black skirt with a lacy blue apron, and a creamy off-white blouse.
    • The delightful aromatic scent of delicate, lacy carnations has always captivated me.
    • Look out for Lepidium, a short herb with lacy spikes of pale pink flowers and rows of tiny oval seedpods.
    • The top was lacy with spaghetti straps and the bottom was dark red satin.
    • I wore a soft yellow skirt, a black lacy shirt, and a pair of light green rubber galoshes with daisies on them.
    • She was last seen walking along the Thames without her top, in a white lacy bra and pink floral mini skirt.
    • Those frilly, lacy hearts of different shades of red, white and pink just didn't do it for me.
    • Marietta shook her head, pulling her lacy shawl tighter around her shoulders.
    • Most women's lucky underpants are black and lacy; most men's, for some strange reason, are yellow.
    • When you have made them all put a plate on top of the plate of lacy pancakes, then turn them over so that the brown crispy side is uppermost.
    • The actual wall of the gallery has been painted on one side with an old fashioned design roller, this gives it a yellow lacy feel to it.
    • I prefer black and silky to white or lacy, and certainly am not a big fan of thongs.
    • The figure in a modest black gown and lacy apron bowed her head demurely.
    • All through elementary school she bought me frilly, lacy dresses and huge hair bows.
    • It was a lacy, pink, frilly room complete with canopy bed and a window seat.
    Synonyms
    ruffled, flounced, frilled, crimped, gathered, pleated, ruched, tucked, trimmed, frothy
 
 
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