laurel

英 [ˈlɒrəl]

美 [ˈlɔːrəl]

n.  月桂灌木; 月桂树; 荣誉; 赞誉; 荣耀

复数：laurels　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14374 / COCA.13523

习惯用语

n.

look to your laurels
• 小心翼翼地保持成就（或优势）
  to be careful that you do not lose the success or advantage that you have over other people
rest/sit on your laurels
• 满足于既得成就；不思进取
  to feel so satisfied with what you have already achieved that you do not try to do any more

牛津词典

noun

• 月桂灌木；月桂树
  a bush with dark smooth shiny leaves that remain on the bush and stay green through the year
• 荣誉；赞誉；荣耀
  honour and praise given to sb because of sth that they have achieved

柯林斯词典

• 月桂（树）
  Alaurelor alaurel treeis a small evergreen tree with shiny leaves. The leaves are sometimes used to make decorations such as wreaths.
• PHRASE 不思进取；故步自封
  If someone isresting ontheirlaurels, they appear to be satisfied with the things they have achieved and have stopped putting effort into what they are doing.
  1. The committee's chairman accused NASA of resting on its laurels after making it to the moon...
     委员会主席指责美国国家航空航天局成功登月之后便志得意满，不思进取。
  2. The government can't rest on its laurels and must press ahead with major policy changes.
     政府不能故步自封，必须继续大刀阔斧地推行政策改革。

英英释义

noun

• (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory
  Synonym:laurel wreathbay wreath
• any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family

双语例句

• They do a pretty good job of impersonating laurel and hardy.
  他们扮演劳莱和哈代很成功。
• The Cross of Honour and the Laurel Crown will not be bought and sold for filthy lucre.
  桂冠和勋章不能用不义之财来进行买卖。
• He was wearing a Roman kilt and laurel wreath.
  他身穿罗马人的褶叠短裙，头戴桂冠。
• He has obtained the laurel of the best actor of Oscar for the behavior in this film.
  他以在此片中的表现获得了奥斯卡最佳男主角的桂冠。
• A brow encircled with laurel; wreathed in an extraordinary luminescence; ringed round with daisies; smoke-wreathed.
  额上环绕着桂冠；环绕着特别的光；用雏菊环绕着的；烟雾缭绕。
• Its huge columns were wreathed with laurel and magnolia.
  其巨大的立柱为月桂和木兰花所环绕。
• Laurel of bogs of northwestern United States having small purple flowers and pale leaves that are glaucous beneath.
  美国西北沼泽中的月桂树，有小紫花和白叶子，其下是绿灰色。
• We welcomed Laurel and Lorraine to the team.
  我们欢迎劳雷尔和洛林的团队。
• The leaves dropped from his imaginary crown of laurel.
  他想象中那顶桂冠的叶子凋零了。
• Yeah. Traditionally girls put leaves of laurel under their pillow on the Eve of Valentine's Day?
  是的。传统上女孩们在情人节前夜把月桂树叶放在自己的枕头下。