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laurel

/lawr-uhl, lor-/US // ˈlɔr əl, ˈlɒr- //UK // (ˈlɒrəl) //

月桂树,月桂,桂冠,桂花

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also called bay, sweet bay . a small European evergreen tree, Laurus nobilis, of the laurel family, having dark, glossy green leaves.Compare laurel family.
    • : any tree of the genus Laurus.
    • : any of various similar trees or shrubs, as the mountain laurel or the great rhododendron.
    • : the foliage of the laurel as an emblem of victory or distinction.
    • : a branch or wreath of laurel foliage.
    • : Usually laurels. honor won, as for achievement in a field or activity.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    lau·reled, lau·rel·ing or lau·relled, lau·rel·ling.

    • : to adorn or wreathe with laurel.
    • : to honor with marks of distinction.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noundistinction
Forms: laurels

Examples

  • From CEOs to journalists to politicians, this year’s class of Fortune’s 40 Under 40 is an incredible group of innovators who refuse to rest on their laurels.

  • This is a time in history where companies cannot rest on their laurels or make empty promises when it comes to embracing and cultivating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace.

  • He’s a mechanical engineer at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md.

  • For the early stage DTC startups who are seeing higher-than-expected sales growth, they are not resting on their laurels either.

  • The Twins didn’t rest on their offseason laurels, adding the likes of Josh Donaldson, Kenta Maeda and Homer Bailey without losing too much of note.

  • So when my wife and I moved to Laurel Canyon I spent my first year working night and day on the show.

  • Did McCarthy invent the portrayal of violence in fiction, or should that laurel go to Homer?

  • If Pat Roberts lived in Dodge City, why did he travel 1,400 miles out of his way to purchase his car in Laurel, Maryland?

  • But no laurel wreaths waited for Marina on the day of her victory.

  • One artist, Edgardo Aragón from Oaxaca, tries to capture that in an exhibition at the Laurel Gitlen Gallery.

  • He went out into the garden, and the rustling of the laurel-bushes frightened him.

  • Burn the male olive-branch and the pine twig and juniper, and let the blazing laurel crackle amid the hearth.

  • The composer was recalled fifteen times and presented with a laurel wreath.

  • Nothing was to be thought of but a frame for this—olive, bay, laurel, everything appropriate to the conqueror.

  • They could hear bird calling bird far within, among the myrtles and laurel hedges.