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laurel

გამოთქმა: /ˈlɒr(ə)l/

განმარტებულია laurel სიტყვის თარგმნა ფლექსია სინონიმები

არსებითი სახელი

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  • 1any of a number of shrubs and other plants with dark green glossy leaves, in particular:
  • 2an aromatic evergreen shrub related to the bay tree, several kinds of which form forests in tropical and warm countries.
    • Family Lauraceae: many genera and species
  • Family Lauraceae: many genera and species
  • 3 (usually laurels) the foliage of the bay tree woven into a wreath or crown and worn on the head as an emblem of victory or mark of honour in classical times: figurativeMansell became only the seventh Briton to wear the champion’s laurels
  • honour or praise for an achievement:she has rightly won laurels for this brilliantly perceptive first novel

ზმნა

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  • honour by adorning with a laurel or presenting with an award: they banish our anger forever when they laurel the graves of our dead (as adjective laurelled or laureled)she is also one of science fiction’s most laureled writers

look to one's laurels

be careful not to lose one’s superior position to a rival: they’re very good players—we’ll have to look to our laurels

rest on one's laurels

be so satisfied with what one has already done or achieved that one makes no further effort: with TV sports coverage becoming increasingly competitive, the BBC should beware of resting on its laurels

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