laurel

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈlɒɹ.əl/|/ˈlɔːɹ.əl/    美 /ˈlɔɹ.əl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An evergreen shrub of species Laurus nobilis, having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils. countable,uncountable
    — Laurel leaves were used in the Orient to promote amatory exercise.
  2. A crown of laurel. countable,uncountable
  3. Honor, distinction, fame. countable,figuratively,in-plural,uncountable
    — to win laurels
  4. Any plant of the family Lauraceae. countable,uncountable
  5. Any of various plants of other families that resemble laurels. countable,uncountable
  6. An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel. countable,historical,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To decorate with laurel, especially with a laurel wreath. transitive
    — Windows peered from the spaces between the columns, which rose to hold up the large portico laureling the home with chiseled, decorative wreaths and curving spirals.
  2. To enwreathe. transitive
    — It wasn't hot this late in the year, and the sun was low in the southern sky, bracketed by pines and nearly hidden by a tree line laureling a trailer park.
  3. To award top honours to. informal,transitive
    — In this regiment there was a young corporal, a native of Little K . He was laurelled and decorated more than many of his companions, for he excelled them all in courage, coolness, and daring. In one thing more he also excelled them — he was cruel, he was dissipated, and he was vicious in his tastes.

词形变化

laurels plural laurels present,singular,third-person laureling US,participle,present laurelling UK,participle,present laureled US,participle,past laureled US,past laurelled UK,participle,past laurelled UK,past

词汇关系

衍生词
Alexandrian laurel American laurel bat laurel bay laurel bog laurel California laurel camphor laurel cherry laurel Chilean laurel dog-laurel great laurel Grecian laurel ground laurel Laurel County laurel dodder laurel green laurel hell Laurel Hill laurel oak laurel rose laurel soap Laurel Springs laurel sumac laurel water laurel wreath Macleay laurel mountain laurel Mount Laurel New Zealand laurel Oregon laurel Portugal laurel Queensland laurel rest on one's laurels rose laurel sheep laurel sit on one's laurels spotted laurel spurge laurel spurge-laurel true laurel West Indian laurel
相关词
Laura lauraceous laureate Lauren Laurence laurestine Lauretta lauriferous laurustinus Laurel and Hardy

词源

词源 1
Inherited from Middle English laurer, laurel, from Anglo-Norman lorer, from Old French lorier, from Vulgar Latin *laurārius, from Latin laurus (“laurel”). Doublet of loureiro.
词源 2
Inherited from Middle English laurer, laurel, from Anglo-Norman lorer, from Old French lorier, from Vulgar Latin *laurārius, from Latin laurus (“laurel”). Doublet of loureiro.
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