Lace

(noun.) a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns.

(noun.) a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).

(verb.) draw through eyes or holes; 'lace the shoelaces'.

(verb.) do lacework; 'The Flemish women were lacing in front of the cathedral'.

校对:伊薇特

• Very little white satin, very few lace veils; a most pitiful business! 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• My new fan just matches my flowers, my gloves fit to a charm, and the real lace on Aunt's mouchoir gives an air to my whole dress. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Silk, lace, and wool when bleached with chlorine become hard and brittle, but when whitened with sulphurous acid, they retain their natural characteristics. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• I took off my pink dress and lace mantle with happier feelings than I had experienced in putting them on. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It was lost upon Sikes, who was stooping at the moment to tie the boot-lace which the dog had torn. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• When we got to a lace of safety the regiment halted and drew itself together--what was left of it. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I will attire my Jane in satin and lace, and she shall have roses in her hair; and I will cover the head I love best with a priceless veil. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I suppose French morality is not of that straight-laced description which is shocked at trifles. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• It was a room where one might fancy the ghost of a tight-laced lady revisiting the scene of her embroidery. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Then she resumed her conversation with General Tufto, who asked who the fat officer was in the gold-laced cap? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Nous allons avoir une belle traversee, Monsieur George, said the courier with a grin, as he lifted his gold-laced cap. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• It had grummets and was laced down at the edge with cord. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• On him the cocked hat, gold-laced coat, and staff, had all three descended. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Not one of your stiff-laced, moralising fathers, who preach chastity and forbearance to their children. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• What a good fire there is in her room when she comes to pay you a visit, although your wife laces her stays without one! 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I am growing great in Latin verses, and neglect the laces of my boots. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Smugglers landing laces and silks have been known to wind them around their bodies, as being less ostentatious than carrying them in a trunk. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• She consulted the little jewelled watch among her laces. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Wonderful scarfs, laces, and jewels glittered about her. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I see a young lady who pins her collar straight, laces her boots neatly, and neither whistles, talks slang, nor lies on the rug as she used to do. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Her husband bade her buy laces, millinery, jewels, and gimcracks of all sorts. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The first process here is that of the ensign lacing machine, which puts a strong twine through the eyelets and ties it in an accurate manner. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The cause is usually attributed to drinking, but gluttony, tight lacing, nasal catarrh, chronic enlargement of the tonsils, exposure to strong sunlight, etc. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Pulling them on again and lacing them to the very top, he proceeded on his way, more easy in his head than under his soles. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.

校对:拉里