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

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。
He had to pose wearing a laurel wreath.
他得摆好戴着月桂花冠的姿势。
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。
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。
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。
I've seen lots of laurel and Hardy films.
我看过很多劳莱和哈代拍的电影。
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。
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。
The leaves dropped from his imaginary crown of laurel.
他想象中那顶桂冠的叶子凋零了。
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。