英语词汇“lacinesses”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

lace /lās/

noun

A string or cord for passing through holes, eg to tie up a shoe or garment, etc

A delicate ornamental fabric made by looping, knotting, plaiting or twisting threads into definite patterns

transitive verb

To fasten with a lace (often with up)

To put a lace or laces into

To compress or pinch in by lacing

To trim or decorate with lace

To streak with colour (figurative)

To thrash

To reprimand severely (often with into)

To intermingle, eg coffee with brandy, etc

To intertwine

intransitive verb

To have lacing as the means of fastening

To practise tight-lacing

ORIGIN: OFr las a noose, from L laqueus

laced adjective

lacet /lās-etˈ/ noun

A kind of braidwork

lacˈily adverb

lacˈiness noun

lacˈing noun

Ornamental lacework
A beating (informal)

lacˈy or (rare) lacˈey adjective

Of or like lace
Decorated with lace

laceˈbark noun

A tall West Indian tree of the Daphne family, the inner bark like a coarse lace

laceˈ-boot noun

A boot fastened by a lace

lace bug noun

A small insect that has a lacy pattern on its wings

laced mutton noun (Shakespeare)

A prostitute

laceˈ-frame noun

A machine used in lace-making

lace glass see lacy glass below.

laceˈ-leaf see lattice-leaf under lattice

laceˈ-man noun

A dealer in lace

laceˈ-paper noun

Paper stamped or cut like lace

laceˈ-pillˈow noun

A cushion held on the knees by lacemakers, on which the lace is worked

laceˈ-up noun

A boot or shoe tied with a lace

adjective

Fastened with a lace or laces

laceˈwing noun

The golden-eye, a type of green or brown insect with two pairs of gauzy wings and brilliant golden eyes, which feeds on aphids, etc

lacing course noun

An arrangement of bricks built into a structure to strengthen it

lacy glass or lace glass noun

An early form of pressed glass with a lacy design

lace into (informal)

To reprimand (someone)
To consume (something) with great appetite or vigour.