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

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。
FOR Chinese writer Mo Yan, the laurel of the Nobel Prize may be literary gold.
对中国作家莫言来说，诺贝尔文学奖的桂冠可能是文学金牌。
Girls mount laurel Ye Fang in the evening in the pillow, hope the lover who dreams of self.
姑娘们晚上将月桂树叶放在枕头上，希望梦见自己的情人。
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。
Prior to this laurel, Messi had won the FIFA Golden Ball Award.
这是继梅西获得首届FIFA金球奖之后，再次获得殊荣。
He turned Daphne into a laurel tree.
她的父亲把达芙妮变成了月桂树。
He was dressed in a kilt and laurel wreath.
他身着苏格兰短裙，头戴桂冠。
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。
I've seen lots of laurel and Hardy films.
我看过很多劳莱和哈代拍的电影。