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单词 laureate
释义 lau·re·ate
I. \ˈlȯrēə̇t, ˈlär-, usu -ə̇d.+V\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English laureat, from Latin laureatus crowned with laurel, from laurea laurel wreath (from feminine of laureus of laurel, from laurus laurel + -eus -eous) + -atus -ate — more at laurel
1.
 a. : of an excellence especially in poetry worthy of the laurel wreath
 b. : of or relating to a prizewinner
  < at the laureate concert Sunday night — New York Times >
  < laureate pension >
  < Nobel laureate geneticist — Newsweek >
2. archaic : of, relating to, or resembling laurel
 < to grace by youthful brow the laureate wreath … she brings — Thomas Gray >
3. : crowned or decked with laurel
 < laureate the head of Caesar >
 < strew the laureate hearse — John Milton >
II. noun
(-s)
1. : a recipient of an honor or award for outstanding achievement in an art or science
 < Nobel laureate in physics >
specifically : poet laureate
 < laureate John Masefield's special ode — College English >
2. : one that praises : eulogist
 < the laureate of a dying society — Martin Turnell >
 < dry and amusing laureate of Cape Cod — Carl Van Doren >
III. \-ēˌāt, usu -ād.+V\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
1. : to crown with or as if with a laurel wreath as a mark of honor or achievement; specifically : to confer a European university degree upon
 < privileges which made the member of one university a citizen of all others … whether he was laureated in Paris or Bologna — J.H.Burton >
2. : to appoint to the office of poet laureate
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