lace

Compared meaning: to weave thin strands together (verb).

比较义项：编织、编结（动词）。

• lace 本词

  Means to fasten or tie something using laces, threading and pulling them tight; used with shoes, boots, or corsets, not with hair.

  指用带子把东西穿系、拉紧固定；常用于鞋子、靴子或紧身胸衣，不用于头发。

  He bent down to lace his boots tightly before the hike.

  他弯下腰，在徒步前把靴子的鞋带系紧。

• plait

  Means to interweave three or more strands into a braid; used almost exclusively with hair or similar thin strands, never with shoelaces.

  指把三股或多股细条交叉编织成辫子；几乎只用于头发或类似的细条，不用于鞋带。

  Her mother would plait her hair into two neat braids for school.

  她妈妈总是把她的头发编成两条整齐的辫子去上学。

Both words mean to interweave thin strands, but the object differs. Lace means fastening something with laces, like shoes, not braiding. Plait means weaving three or more strands into a braid, almost always with hair. Lace's other meanings are not compared here.

两个词都表示把细长的东西交叠、缠绕起来，但对象和方式不同：lace 在这个义项里指把带状物（鞋带、绳带）穿系、系紧，动作是穿插系紧而非编成辫状；plait 专指把三股或多股头发（或类似的细条）编成辫子。lace 还有“饰以花边”“加烈酒”等义项，这里不作比较。