laurel
US: /ˈɫɔɹəɫ/
UK: /lˈɔːɹəl/
UK: /lˈɔːɹəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
laurel /'lɔrəl/
- danh từ
- cây nguyệt quế
- laurel wreath: vòng nguyệt quế
- (số nhiều) vinh dự, vinh hiển, quang vinh
- to win (gain, reap) laurels: thắng trận; công thành danh toại
- to look to one's laurels: lưu tâm bảo vệ vinh dự đã đạt được; phòng ngừa kẻ kinh địch
- to rest on one's laurels: thoả mân với vinh dự đã đạt được
- cây nguyệt quế
- ngoại động từ
- đội vòng nguyệt quế cho (ai)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [U, C] a bush with dark smooth shiny leaves that remain on the bush and stay green through the year: a laurel hedge
2 (laurels) [pl.] honour and praise given to sb because of sth that they have achieved: She won laurels for her first novel.
Idioms: look to your laurels to be careful that you do not lose the success or advantage that you have over other people: With so many good new actors around the older ones are having to look to their laurels.
rest / sit on your laurels (usually disapproving) to feel so satisfied with what you have already achieved that you do not try to do any more
Concise English dictionary
laurels|laureled|laurelled|laureling|laurelling'lɑrəl ,'lɔ- /'lɒ-
noun
+any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
+United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965)
+(antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory
