laurel

英 [ˈlɒrəl]

美 [ˈlɔːrəl]

n. 月桂灌木; 月桂树; 荣誉; 赞誉; 荣耀

复数：laurels　

Collins.1 / BNC.14374 / COCA.13523

习惯用语

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

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

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。

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

Crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory.
戴上王冠的，或好象戴上象征胜利的桂冠的。
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。
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。
The broad-leaved forest is vast, with well-grown trees. Broadleaf evergreen shrub such as laurel, rhododendron, etc.
这片阔叶林面积很大，树木长势很好。阔叶长绿灌木，如月桂、北美杜鹃花等。
He had to pose wearing a laurel wreath.
他得摆好戴着月桂花冠的姿势。
A shrub or tree, such as the mountain laurel, having a similar aroma or leaf shape.
月桂属的树木具有类似芳香和叶子形状的灌木或乔木，如山月桂。
He was wearing a Roman kilt and laurel wreath.
他身穿罗马人的褶叠短裙，头戴桂冠。
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。
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 crowned with laurel.
他们把桂冠加在他头上。