laurel
laurel 英 [ˈlɒrəl] 美 [ˈlɔrəl]
n. 桂冠,殊荣;月桂树 vt. 授予荣誉,使戴桂冠
名词复数:laurels
- A laurel is a wreath worn on the head, usually as a symbol of victory. If you see an image of Julius Caesar, chances are he's wearing a laurel.
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- n. 桂冠,殊荣;月桂树
- vt. 授予荣誉,使戴桂冠
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1. Often I’ll be sitting on the back porch reading a book, and it will occur to me that some chore needs to be done — pruning the laurel hedge, for example.
我常常会在后面门廊上坐着看书的时候突然想到:有几个杂事要做一下—比如修剪一下月桂树树篱。
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2. When he crossed a bridge over the Schuylkill, it was wreathed with laurels and evergreens, and a cherubic boy, aided by a mechanical device, lowered a laurel crown over his head.
华盛顿骑马通过斯库尔基尔河上的一座桥梁时,桥上缠满了月桂树枝和常绿树枝。 机械装置升起了一个天真可爱的男孩,然后男孩为华盛顿戴上了桂冠。
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3. Thousands of people came to see this "Identity" exhibit, and according to museum curator laurel Reuter, three people figured out "who they were" after seeing the photos.
数千人前往观看了这一“身份”艺术展。 据博物馆馆长Laurel Reuter说,有三个人看过照片后搞清楚了自己是谁。
- laurel (n.) mid-14c. variant of lorrer (c. 1300), from Old French laurier, lorier "bay tree, laurel tree" (12c.), from Latin laurus "laurel tree," which is probably related to Greek daphne "laurel" (for change of d- to l- see lachrymose), which is probably from a pre-IE Mediterranean language.
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