shoelace• Once inside the car, he tied a shoelace around her neck and threatened to choke her.• I'd have loosened my tie, but they had taken it away along with my wallet, gun, belt and shoelaces.• Sammler tied his shoelacescontinueddressing.• I had to take off my belt, my tie and my shoelaces, had my photograph and my fingerprints taken.• I let myself into my place with the key I carry tied to my shoelace.• George Best was/is a drunkenwaste of space who wasn't fit to tie Eddie Gray's shoelaces.• They were more like badly tied shoelaces.• I wondered how easy it would be to hang yourself with your shoelaces.
tie/untie a shoelace• They were more like badly tied shoelaces.• Once inside the car, he tied a shoelace around her neck and threatened to choke her.• While Eddie is dribbling up the court, Redbends to tie a shoelace.
( lace) ADJECTIVE | ... OF SHOELACES | VERB + SHOELACE | SHOELACE + VERBADJECTIVE➤undone, untied解開的/未繫的鞋帶▸➤loose鬆開的鞋帶➤knotted繫上的鞋帶◇a tightly knotted shoelace繫緊的鞋帶... OF SHOELACES➤pair一副鞋帶VERB + SHOELACE➤do up, knot, tie繫鞋帶◇He's still a little young to tie his own shoelaces.他還有點兒小,不會自己繫鞋帶。➤undo, untie解開鞋帶▸➤retie (NAmE) 重繫鞋帶➤break弄斷鞋帶SHOELACE + VERB➤be undone, be untied (NAmE) 鞋帶解開/未繫▸➤come undone, come untied (NAmE) 鞋帶開了/鬆了➡ topic at clothes