c. 1300, lorrer, from Old French laurier (12c.), from Latin laurus "laurel tree," probably related to Greek daphne "laurel" (for change of d- to l- see lachrymose), probably from a pre-IE Mediterranean language. The change of second -r- to -l- after mid-14c. is by dissimilation. An emblem of victory or of distinction, hence the phrase to rest (originally repose) on one's laurels, first attested 1831.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Stan Laurel was born at number 3, Argyll Street.
斯坦·勞雷爾出生在阿蓋爾街3號(hào)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Its huge columns were wreathed with laurel and magnolia.
其巨大的立柱為月桂和木蘭花所環(huán)繞。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy
勞萊和哈代這對(duì)喜劇搭檔
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
4. He was wearing a Roman kilt and laurel wreath.
他身穿羅馬人的褶疊短裙,頭戴桂冠.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
5. Daphne was pursued by Apollo and was at last changed into a laurel tree.