Interlace



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 编织; 交错
• ［英］ v. 编织 ( weave together) ; 交错 ( to connect intricately)
• ［记］ inter ( 在中间) +lace ( 花边) -> 在中间织花 -> 交织
• ［例］ interlaced branches ( 纵横交错的树枝)

Webster Collegiate

verb

• Etymology: Middle English entrelacen, from Anglo-French entrelacer, from entre- inter- + lacer to lace
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to unite by or as if by lacing together ; interweave
  • 2. to vary by alternation or intermixture ; intersperse <narrative interlaced with anecdotes>
• intransitive verb
  • to cross one another as if woven together ; intertwine
• ? interlacement noun

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