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wreath

/reeth/US // riθ //UK // (riːθ) //

花环,花圈,鲜花圈

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural wreaths [reethz, reeths]. /riðz, riθs/.

    • : a circular band of flowers, foliage, or any ornamental work, for adorning the head or for any decorative purpose; a garland or chaplet.
    • : any ringlike, curving, or curling mass or formation: a wreath of clouds.
    • : a curved section of a handrail.Also called wreathpiece .a curved section of a string.
  1. 1
    • : to wreathe.

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Examples

  • From adorable wooden pumpkins to the perfect front door wreath, these classy fall decorations help you subtly pay homage to the season.

  • He saw his father for the last time, surrounded by wreaths, behind glass, his eyes closed.

  • As the expedition ended, the project’s research vessel came to a stop, sounded its whistle and a memorial wreath was placed on the ocean, the company said.

  • Plus “The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth/And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath”?

  • He will then visit the Western Wall and lay a wreath at the Holocaust memorial at Mount Herzl.

  • A wreath of green leaves is placed on her head where a red band stands out against her white-blond shaved head.

  • For Coming Soon, Gordon's initial plan was to make and then display her wreath paintings in a low-budget California tract house.

  • Three were unadorned; one bore a wreath, red ribbons, and a name: Adolf Hitler.

  • Its tiny wreath of smoke curled lightly about her, mounting up in the warm, bright room.

  • “Chaplet”—a wreath or garland signed for by him in his ambitious hopes—expresses his birth-date by Con.

  • I have drawn him gray and woolly, and you can see that he is very proud because he has a wreath of flowers in his hair.

  • What suggestions it brings to us as we look upon a paintin' of a wreath of flowers, or fruit, or a handsome lady!

  • Let the folds be adorned with leaves and branches fastened to them, while a trailing wreath covers the gay-decked gates.