wreath
wreath 英 [ri:θ] 美 [riθ]
n. 花冠；圈状物 vt. 环绕（等于wreathe） vi. 盘旋（等于wreathe）
名词复数:wreaths
- Got a wreath on your front door? That's one of those ring-shaped bands of flowers or foliage that people use for decoration. Wreaths go back to ancient times and maybe the circular shape symbolizes the eternal.
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- n. 花冠；圈状物
- vt. 环绕（等于wreathe）
- vi. 盘旋（等于wreathe）
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1. Julius Caesar wore a laurel wreath because he was going bald.
凯撒大帝戴一顶月桂花冠是因为他快要秃顶了。
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2. Streamers of cloud wreath the nearby mesa-tops, and partially obscure the floating mountains nearby.
飘带状的云环绕着附近的平顶山 令这些漂浮的山群若隐若现.
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3. Both her veil and wreath are white.
她的面纱和花环都是白色的。
- wreath (n.) Old English wriða "fillet, bandage, band" (literally "that which is wound around"), from Proto-Germanic *writh- (source also of Old Norse riða, Danish vride, Old High German ridan "to turn, twist," Old Saxon, Old Frisian wreth "angry," Dutch wreed "rough, harsh, cruel," Old High German reid "twisted," Old Norse reiða "angry"), from PIE *wreit- "to turn, bend" (source also of Old English wriða "band," wriðan "to twist, torture," wraþ "angry"), from root *wer- (2) "to turn, bend." Meaning "ring or garland of flowers or vines" is first recorded 1560s.
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