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the tracery of [noun]
of 后接具体部位，表示该部位上的花格图案；表示具体某一种花格时也可数，复数形式为 traceries。
The tracery of the east window is especially fine.
东窗的花格特别精美。
窗花格；装饰线条
traceries — plural of tracery
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
窗花格；装饰线条
decoration made of an open pattern of interlacing ribs or lines
The tracery of the east window is especially fine.
东窗的花格特别精美。
用石、木等制成的装饰性窗格或肋条,分隔开口或装饰门墙。
Bars or ribs, usually of stone or wood, or other material, that subdivide an opening or stand in relief against a door or wall as an ornamental feature.
类似建筑装饰的精致线条交织。
A delicate interlacing of lines reminiscent of the architectural ornament.
The old cathedral's stone tracery caught the morning light beautifully.
古老教堂的石制窗花格在晨光下显得格外美丽。
The architect designed delicate tracery for the new chapel windows.
建筑师为新教堂的窗户设计了精致的窗花格。
We admired the intricate tracery above the entrance door.
我们欣赏着入口门上方的精致镂空线条装饰。
of 后接具体部位，表示该部位上的花格图案；表示具体某一种花格时也可数，复数形式为 traceries。
The tracery of the east window is especially fine.
东窗的花格特别精美。
in 后接建筑部位，说明花格所在的位置。
The tracery in the chapel's side windows shows a flowing design.
小教堂侧窗上的花格呈流动形图案。
with tracery 放在名词后作定语，相当于“带有花格的”，此时 tracery 大多作不可数名词使用。
They replaced the plain glass with a new window with tracery.
他们用一扇带花格的新窗替换了原来的素面玻璃。
Not this
The window is decorated with beautiful trace.
Use this
The window is decorated with beautiful tracery.
trace 作名词意为“痕迹；微量”，不指建筑上的窗花格；tracery 才是“窗花格，装饰线条”。两词拼写相近但含义不同。
Not this
The tracery of the Gothic windows are very intricate.
Use this
The tracery of the Gothic windows is very intricate.
主语是 tracery（不可数名词，单数），谓语动词应用 is；不要受 of the Gothic windows 中复数 windows 的影响而误用 are。这是主谓一致错误。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
哥特式窗花格
The cathedral is famous for its Gothic tracery.
这座大教堂以其哥特式窗花格而闻名。
石雕窗花格
Light passed through the delicate stone tracery.
光线透过精致的石雕窗花格。
窗花格
The window tracery was added in the 15th century.
这些窗花格是在15世纪加上的。
繁复的窗花格
The master craftsman designed the intricate tracery.
这位工匠大师设计了繁复的窗花格。
精致的窗花格
The delicate tracery of the rose window amazed the visitors.
玫瑰窗上精致的窗花格令游客惊叹。
树枝交织的图案
In winter, the tracery of bare branches stretched against the grey sky.
冬天，光秃秃的树枝交织的图案映衬在灰色的天空下。
Use traceries naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想‘trace（描绘线条）’：哥特窗户上描出交织的细线花格，tracery 就是窗花格。
语域：formal 常见场景：architecture、art history、Gothic church decoration tracery 通常用于建筑、艺术史等正式或专业语境，指哥特式建筑窗户上由交错石肋构成的镂空装饰；日常口语中较少出现。
All six words share the spelling suffix -ery, but only some of their sounds match. Tracery /ˈtreɪsəri/: grocery /ˈɡroʊsəri/ and nursery /ˈnɜːrsəri/ match the unstressed ending /səri/, but their stressed vowels differ, so they are not exact rhymes. Bakery /ˈbeɪkəri/ and bravery /ˈbreɪvəri/ share the stressed vowel /eɪ/ and the final /əri/, yet the middle consonant differs, making them near rhymes only. Beware surgery /ˈsɜːrdʒəri/ and mystery /ˈmɪstəri/: their similar spellings are misleading because their vowel sounds are quite different. No common English word rhymes exactly with tracery.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.