laurels
桂冠
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- : Also called bay, sweet bay . a small European evergreen tree, Laurus nobilis, of the laurel family, having dark, glossy green leaves.Compare laurel family.
- : any tree of the genus Laurus.
- : any of various similar trees or shrubs, as the mountain laurel or the great rhododendron.
- : the foliage of the laurel as an emblem of victory or distinction.
- : a branch or wreath of laurel foliage.
- : Usually laurels. honor won, as for achievement in a field or activity.
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lau·reled, lau·rel·ing or lau·relled, lau·rel·ling.
- : to adorn or wreathe with laurel.
- : to honor with marks of distinction.
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From CEOs to journalists to politicians, this year’s class of Fortune’s 40 Under 40 is an incredible group of innovators who refuse to rest on their laurels.
This is a time in history where companies cannot rest on their laurels or make empty promises when it comes to embracing and cultivating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace.
He’s a mechanical engineer at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md.
For the early stage DTC startups who are seeing higher-than-expected sales growth, they are not resting on their laurels either.
The Twins didn’t rest on their offseason laurels, adding the likes of Josh Donaldson, Kenta Maeda and Homer Bailey without losing too much of note.
So when my wife and I moved to Laurel Canyon I spent my first year working night and day on the show.
Did McCarthy invent the portrayal of violence in fiction, or should that laurel go to Homer?
If Pat Roberts lived in Dodge City, why did he travel 1,400 miles out of his way to purchase his car in Laurel, Maryland?
But no laurel wreaths waited for Marina on the day of her victory.
One artist, Edgardo Aragón from Oaxaca, tries to capture that in an exhibition at the Laurel Gitlen Gallery.
He went out into the garden, and the rustling of the laurel-bushes frightened him.
Burn the male olive-branch and the pine twig and juniper, and let the blazing laurel crackle amid the hearth.
The composer was recalled fifteen times and presented with a laurel wreath.