laurel

noun

1. 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
2. 荣誉；赞誉；荣耀
   honour and praise given to sb because of sth that they have achieved

1. 月桂（树）
   A laurel or a laurel tree is a small evergreen tree with shiny leaves. The leaves are sometimes used to make decorations such as wreaths.
2. PHRASE 不思进取；故步自封
   If someone is resting on their laurels, 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。

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。
3. Stan Laurel was born at number 3, Argyll Street
   斯坦·劳雷尔出生在阿盖尔街3号。
4. 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。
5. He was wearing a Roman kilt and laurel wreath.
   他身穿罗马人的褶叠短裙，头戴桂冠。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. Laurel and Hardy never discussed their feelings.
   劳雷尔和哈代从不向对方诉说自己的感受。
9. I've seen lots of laurel and Hardy films.
   我看过很多劳莱和哈代拍的电影。
10. 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。
11. He had to pose wearing a laurel wreath.
    他得摆好戴着月桂花冠的姿势。
12. They do a pretty good job of impersonating laurel and hardy.
    他们扮演劳莱和哈代很成功。
13. 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。
14. 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。
15. He was crowned with laurel.
    他们把桂冠加在他头上。
16. He turned Daphne into a laurel tree.
    她的父亲把达芙妮变成了月桂树。
17. 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。
18. If I was Laurel I would be so scared because that Dutch fan was a big girl.
    如果我是劳雷尔我一定会觉得害怕因为那荷兰人是一个大姑娘。
19. She is holding a laurel crown in her left hand and a palm leaf in her right hand.
    她左手举着月桂花冠，右手拿着棕榈叶。
20. 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。
21. The dried aromatic leaf of the laurel or bay ( Laurus nobilis) used as a seasoning in cooking.
    月桂树（月桂月桂属）的干香叶，在烹调中用作调味品。
22. The leaves dropped from his imaginary crown of laurel.
    他想象中那顶桂冠的叶子凋零了。
23. He was dressed in a kilt and laurel wreath.
    他身着苏格兰短裙，头戴桂冠。
24. We welcomed Laurel and Lorraine to the team.
    我们欢迎劳雷尔和洛林的团队。
25. 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。
26. 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。
27. 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。
28. Someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath.
    由于重大的成就而被授奖的人；比喻地说成是头上戴桂冠花圈的人。
29. ( in ancient Greece) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory.
    作为胜利的象征的戴在头上的一月桂树叶的花冠（在古希腊）。
30. 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。

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

noun

1. (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory

   Synonym:    laurel wreathbay wreath

2. any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family