any of a number of shrubs and other plants with dark green glossy leaves, in particular
月桂属植物，月桂；桂樱；山月桂，尤指：
an aromatic evergreen shrub related to the bay tree, several kinds of which form forests in tropical and warm countries
月桂。
(一般作
桂冠。
〈喻〉 荣誉
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she has rightly won laurels for this brilliantly perceptive first novel .她因这部极具洞悉力的处女作小说无愧地赢得了荣誉。
adorn with or as if with a laurel
（如同）用桂冠装饰
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they banish our anger forever when they laurel the graves of our dead .当他们用桂冠装饰我们死者的坟墓时，就永远消除了我们的愤怒。
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look to one's laurels be careful not to lose one's superior position to a rival 小心翼翼地保持自己优于对手的地位 -
rest on one's laurels be so satisfied with what one has already done or achieved that one makes no further effort 满足于既得荣誉，固步自封
"Middle English lorer, from Old French