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

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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
He was dressed in a kilt and laurel wreath.
他身着苏格兰短裙，头戴桂冠。
We welcomed Laurel and Lorraine to the team.
我们欢迎劳雷尔和洛林的团队。
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。
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。