mace

noun

/meɪs/

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[countable] a large decorated stick, carried as a sign of authority by an official such as a mayor compare sceptre
CultureIn the British House of Commons the mace is a rod decorated with silver and gold that is kept as symbol of the authority of the Speaker.
[countable] a large heavy stick that has a head with metal points on it, used in the past as a weapon
[uncountable] the dried outer layer that covers nutmegs (= the hard nuts of a tropical tree), used in cooking as a spiceTopics Foodc2

Word Originsenses 1 to 2 Middle English: from Old French masse ‘large hammer’.sense 3 Middle English macis (taken as plural), via Old French from Latin macir.

单词	mace
释义	mace noun /meɪs/ /meɪs/ jump to other results [countable] a large decorated stick, carried as a sign of authority by an official such as a mayor compare sceptre CultureIn the British House of Commons the mace is a rod decorated with silver and gold that is kept as symbol of the authority of the Speaker. [countable] a large heavy stick that has a head with metal points on it, used in the past as a weapon [uncountable] the dried outer layer that covers nutmegs (= the hard nuts of a tropical tree), used in cooking as a spiceTopics Foodc2 Word Originsenses 1 to 2 Middle English: from Old French masse ‘large hammer’.sense 3 Middle English macis (taken as plural), via Old French from Latin macir.
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