laced
laced — 動詞
- lacedpresent simple I / you / we / they
- laceds3rd person singular
- laceding-ing form
- lacededpast simple
1. to put alcohol, a drug, or another substance into someone's food or drink, almos
暗中摻入
在飲食中偷偷添加酒精或藥物等物質
to put alcohol, a drug, or another substance into someone's food or drink, almost always without telling them
Someone laced Elena's coffee with a strong sleeping pill while she was in the bathroom.
有人趁 Elena 去洗手間時，在她的咖啡裡暗中摻入了強效安眠藥。
lace + [drink] + with + [substance]
The barman laced the fruit punch with rum, but nobody noticed the extra kick.
酒保在水果賓治裡摻入了蘭姆酒，但沒有人察覺到那多出來的後勁。
Hassan's tea had been laced with cheap vodka, and he noticed the strange taste after one sip.
Hassan 的茶被摻了廉價伏特加，他喝了一口就察覺味道不對勁。
A guest laced the birthday cake with cannabis, and Deepa felt dizzy within the hour.
一位客人把 cannabis 摻進了生日蛋糕，Deepa 不到一小時就感到頭暈。
The break-room coffee was laced with a strong sedative, and half the office fell asleep after lunch.
休息室的咖啡被摻了強效鎮靜劑，半間辦公室的人午餐後都睡著了。
- spike
more informal; almost always implies alcohol or an illegal drug
- drug
narrower — specifically adding a drug, not just alcohol
- adulterate
formal; used about food-safety violations, not social situations
文法句型
lace + [food or drink] + with + [substance]
用法筆記
Always followed by 'with' and the substance that was added. The substance is nearly always something the person eating or drinking does not know about — if they consent, use 'add' or 'mix in' instead. Frequently appears in the passive: 'was laced with'.
常見錯誤
2. to thread a lace through the small holes of a shoe or piece of clothing, or to p
穿繫鞋帶
將鞋帶穿過小孔並拉緊打結
to thread a lace through the small holes of a shoe or piece of clothing, or to pull the lace tight and tie it so that the item closes around the body
Vikram bent down and laced his hiking boots before the long walk up the hill.
Vikram 彎下腰穿好登山靴的鞋帶，準備踏上漫長的山路。
lace + [footwear] — threading and tying laces
Lucia laced up the back of her sister's dress, pulling each ribbon through the small holes with care.
Lucia 幫妹妹把洋裝背後繫好，將每條緞帶小心翼翼地穿過小孔。
lace up — fastening with the particle 'up'
Tariq laced his son's trainers tightly so they would not come undone during the match.
Tariq 把兒子的運動鞋鞋帶綁得很緊，以免比賽時鬆脫。
The old leather boots laced all the way to the knee and took ages to put on.
那雙舊皮靴要一路繫到膝蓋，花了好長時間才穿好。
Amara knelt down and laced up her daughter's ice skates, pulling the laces tight at the top.
Amara 蹲下來幫女兒繫好冰刀鞋的鞋帶，在頂端拉得緊緊的。
- unlace
to loosen or remove the laces from a shoe or garment
文法句型
lace + [shoe or garment]
lace + [shoe or garment] + up
用法筆記
Often used with 'up' ('lace up your shoes'). Can be used intransitively to describe how a garment fastens: 'the dress laces at the back'. Compare with sense 1 (ADD SECRETLY) — if the sentence has 'with' and a substance, it is sense 1.
常見錯誤
laced — 名詞
1. a length of thin cord or string that is passed through a row of small holes in a
鞋帶；束繩
穿過鞋孔或衣物孔眼用以束緊的繩索
a length of thin cord or string that is passed through a row of small holes in a shoe or piece of clothing, then pulled tight and tied to hold the edges together
Emeka's shoelace snapped just before the race, and he had to borrow a spare one.
Emeka 的鞋帶在比賽前突然斷了，他只好借了一條備用的。
collocation: shoelace snapped — the string breaking suddenly
Dan's new trainers came with bright orange laces that matched the rubber sole.
Dan 的新運動鞋附有亮橙色的鞋帶，與橡膠鞋底很相配。
Xin tied a tight double knot in the lace so it would stay fastened during the game.
Xin 在鞋帶上打了一個牢牢的雙結，確保比賽期間不會鬆開。
The left lace on the hiker's old boot kept unravelling no matter how tightly she tied it.
那位登山客左腳舊靴子的鞋帶，不管她綁得多緊總是不斷鬆脫。
Oluwaseun replaced the worn-out laces on his school shoes with a sturdy black pair.
Oluwaseun 把校鞋上磨損的鞋帶換成了一對結實的黑色鞋帶。
2. a fine, open-patterned cloth with decorative holes, woven from thin thread and u
蕾絲
以細線編織帶有鏤空花紋的裝飾布料
a fine, open-patterned cloth with decorative holes, woven from thin thread and used to trim or make clothing and household items
The bride's veil was made of delicate antique lace passed down through four generations.
新娘的頭紗是用精緻的古董蕾絲做的，已經傳承了四代。
antique lace — describing the type and age of the fabric
The elderly woman covered the dining table with a cream lace cloth for the dinner party.
那位老太太為晚宴鋪上了一塊奶油色的蕾絲桌布。
My grandmother sewed a strip of lace trim along the edge of each pillowcase.
我的祖母沿著每個枕套的邊緣縫了一條蕾絲飾邊。
The lace curtains in the front room let soft, patterned light filter through all morning.
前廳的蕾絲窗簾讓柔和的光線整個上午都透進來，映出細碎的花紋。
Chitra wore a simple black dress with lace sleeves to the graduation ceremony.
Chitra 穿了一件簡約的黑色洋裝，袖子是蕾絲的，出席畢業典禮。