lace
Word family adjectivelacedlacynounlacetlacinesslacinglacebarklace-uplacewinglaceadverblacily
Material & textiles, Clothes
ldoce_191_alace1 /leɪs/ ●○○ noun 1 [uncountableU]TIM a fine cloth made with patterns of many very small holes 蕾丝(花边)；网眼织物
a handkerchief trimmed with lace
饰有蕾丝花边的手绢
lace curtains
网眼窗帘
2. 
[countableC usually plural]DCC a string that is pulled through special holes in shoes or clothing to pull the edges together and fasten them 鞋带；系带 SYN shoelace
[countableC usually plural]DCC a string that is pulled through special holes in shoes or clothing to pull the edges together and fasten them 鞋带；系带 SYN shoelaceExamples from the Corpus
lace• a lace wedding veil• I was very pleased with the result and my friend thought it looked like fashion lace.• It is possible to knit a bias strip of mesh lace to use as a collar.• My arms and chest exploded with tiny laces of pain when I moved the weights the way he instructed me.
Drink
lace2 verb [transitiveT] 1 (also lace up)TIE to fasten something by tying a lace 用带子将…系紧 SYN tie
Lace up your shoes or you’ll trip over.
把鞋带系好，否则你会绊倒的。
lace something to something
The canvas was laced to a steel frame.
帆布用绳子系在钢架上。
2 DFDto add a small amount of alcohol or a drug to a drink 给〔饮料〕掺入〔酒或药物〕
lace something with something
coffee laced with Irish whiskey
掺有爱尔兰威士忌的咖啡
3 BENDto weave or twist several things together 把〔几个东西〕交织在一起
lace something together
Hannah laced her fingers together.
汉娜十指相扣。
4 lace something with something phrasal verbphr v
a) to include something all through something you write or say 在〔文章或话语〕中掺入，加进
He laces his narrative with a great deal of irrelevant information.
他在叙述中掺杂了很多不相关的内容。
b) be laced with something written to have some of a quality 带有某种品质
Iris’s voice was heavily laced with irony.
艾丽斯的话音中嘲讽的味道很浓。
Examples from the Corpus
be laced with something• But the 80 acres of land surrounding the glass-and-granite manse are laced with hiking trails open to the public.• While Brown touted initiatives created in his tenure, some of the speech was laced with hyperbole.• Given the ferocious imagination of his subconscious, it's hardly surprising that his celluloid output is laced with lethal barbed wire.• But her view is laced with much more pessimism than it was a year ago.• If the Bay muds are laced with pollutants, dredging would spread them to bay animals and plants.• Janir chose skiing, which like so many sports was laced with posturing and attitude and ostentatious display.• Their conversations are laced with swearing.• Tom Emmett's story is laced with thick Yorkshire dialect.• The biggest boom is in the scenic desert areas, which are laced with washes.
Examples from the Corpus
lace• Smoke lay heavy on the far side of the water, laced eerily with threads of light from the blaze.• Loops and spurs of railroad track laced it all together.• He sits on the grass lacing stiff boots into a wreath of effort and breath.• He then put the shoes on and laced them up.• Dave laced up his running shoes and ran off.• While Brown touted initiatives created in his tenure, some of the speech was laced with hyperbole.
lace something with something• hot chocolate laced with cinnamon• A woman was poisoned with a soft drink laced with rat poison.
(1100-1200) Old French laz “net, string”, from Latin laqueus “trap”