laurel

月桂樹

料理に使う香りの強い葉を持つ、一年中緑の木や低木。

やさしい英語で： An evergreen tree or bush with strongly scented leaves used in cooking.

• A laurel grows in our garden.
• She added a laurel leaf to the soup.
• The laurel bushes stayed green all winter.

類義語： bay, bay laurel, bay tree

よく使う表現： bay laurel, laurel leaves, laurel bush

栄誉、名誉、栄光

成功によって得る称賛や名誉。英語では普通、複数形で使う。

やさしい英語で： Praise or honors earned through success, usually spoken of in the plural.

• The team won fresh laurels.
• Her early novels earned her international laurels.
• You cannot rest on your laurels forever.

使い方： rest on one's laurels (After winning the award, she refused to rest on her laurels.)

類義語： honors, glory, distinction, fame

反対語： disgrace

よく使う表現： win laurel, earn laurel

月桂冠

伝統的に勝者に授けられる、月桂樹の葉で作った冠。

やさしい英語で： A crown made from bay leaves, traditionally given to a winner.

• The winner wore a laurel.
• A golden laurel rested on the statue's head.
• The poet received a laurel at the ceremony.

類義語： laurel wreath, laurel crown

よく使う表現： laurel crown, laurel wreath, victor's laurel

クスノキ科の植物

月桂樹と同じ植物の科に属する木や低木。

やさしい英語で： Any tree or bush belonging to the same plant family as the bay tree.

• This tropical laurel has broad leaves.
• The botanist identified several laurels in the forest.
• Avocado and cinnamon are laurels from the same plant family.

よく使う表現： tropical laurel, laurel species, laurel family

月桂冠をかぶせる、月桂樹で飾る

人や物を月桂樹の葉で飾ること。特に、葉で作った冠をかぶせること。

やさしい英語で： To decorate someone or something with bay leaves, especially a crown made from them.

• They laureled the winner's head.
• The poet's brow was laureled with green leaves.
• Workers laureled the monument before the celebration.

使い方： laurel someone/something with something (They laureled the statue with fresh bay leaves.)

類義語： crown with laurel

よく使う表現： laurel someone's brow, laurel a statue

花冠で飾る

人や物を、葉や花を輪にしたもので囲んだり飾ったりすること。

やさしい英語で： To surround or decorate someone or something with a ring of leaves or flowers.

• They laureled her with flowers.
• A ring of roses laureled the statue's head.
• The dancers were laureled with woven garlands.

使い方： laurel someone/something with something (They laureled her head with spring flowers.)

類義語： wreathe, enwreathe

よく使う表現： laurel someone's head, laurel with flowers

栄誉を授ける、表彰する

功績をたたえて、人に最高の栄誉を授けること。

やさしい英語で： To give someone the highest honors for an achievement.

• The judges laureled the young poet.
• She was laureled for her contribution to science.
• The festival laureled three filmmakers this year.

使い方： laurel someone for something (The academy laureled her for a lifetime of achievement.)

類義語： honor, acclaim

よく使う表現： laurel a poet, laurel the winner