单词 | true laurel |
释义 | true laurel (once / 909178 pages) n WORD FAMILY true laurel: true laurels USAGE EXAMPLESThe Bay is the true Laurel, of whose leaves and berries the wreaths were made in ancient days for poets and conquerors. Step, Edward, Wayside and Woodland Trees—A pocket...(2010) The true laurel when crushed yields all its inner fragrance. Duffy, Charles Gavan, The Revival of Irish Literature—Ad...(2010) He had been ordained a Methodist minister, and was winning true laurels in his little charge in Iowa, to which conference he belonged. Day, Mary L., The World As I Have Found It—Sequel...(2010) n small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors Syn|Hyper Laurus nobilis, bay, bay laurel, bay tree laurel any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family |
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