单词	wreath
释义	wreathwreath /riːθ/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINwreath Origin: Old English writha Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Although it is July, the house has a Christmas wreath hung in its picture window. Doris Allen of San Francisco arrived wearing a silver silk floral wreath atop her head. He sits on the grass lacing stiff boots into a wreath of effort and breath. Miss Lofthouse had taken the wreaths from the Memorial. Okra pods also can be dried and used on holiday wreaths, or picked on stems and used in dried floral displays. The survivors joined them a few minutes later, leaving their own wreaths and flowers. There was my wreath, and a lot of flowers from Margaret, and another wreath from Doreen. There were piles of bad-taste wreaths around and sickly tremolo organ music. word sets WORD SETS► Death asphyxia, nounautopsy, nounbarrow, nounbequeath, verbbereaved, adjectivebereavement, nounbier, nounbody bag, nounbody count, nounburial, nounbury, verbcasket, nouncatacomb, nouncatafalque, nouncemetery, nouncenotaph, nouncharnel house, nounchurchyard, nouncoffin, nouncommittal, nouncondolence, nouncoroner, nouncorpse, nouncortege, nouncot death, nouncremate, verbcrematorium, nouncrib death, nouncrucifixion, nouncrucify, verbcrypt, noundeath mask, noundemise, noundeparted, adjectiveD.O.A., adjectivedrown, verbembalm, verbend, nounepitaph, nouneulogy, nounexhume, verbexpire, verbfatality, nounfuneral, nounfunerary, adjectivefunereal, adjectivegrave, noungravedigger, noungravestone, noungraveyard, nounheadstone, nounhearse, nounhospice, nouninter, verbinterment, nounmausoleum, nounmorgue, nounmortality, nounmortician, nounmortuary, nounmortuary, adjectivemourner, nounmourning, nounmummify, verbmummy, nounnecrophilia, nounobsequies, nounpall, nounpallbearer, nounpassing, nounperish, verbplot, nounprobate, nounprobate, verbpyre, nounquietus, nounremains, nounrest, verbrigor mortis, nounRIP, rise, verbsarcophagus, nounsepulchre, nounshroud, nounthrenody, nountoll, nountomb, nountombstone, nountumulus, nounundertaker, nounundertaking, nounurn, nounvault, nounwake, nounwar memorial, nounwill, nounwinding sheet, nounwreath, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► laid ... wreath  The prime minister laid a wreath at the war memorial. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► laurel · She was wearing black with a black straw hat with a deep brim like a laurel wreath.· I can see it now: In toga and laurel wreath, Big Al will give the thumbs up or thumbs down.· The sight of Bobbie Fieldfare, in toga and laurel wreath as one of the assassins, had been too much. VERB► lay · He had gone there to lay a wreath on every visit since.· Clinton laid a wreath of red and white roses before a majestic memorial at Piskaryevskoye Cemetery.· He was speaking after laying a wreath on the spot where the protestors died.· David C.. Bolles, eldest son of Don Bolles, helped her lay a wreath at the foot of the monument.· Charles, who laid wreaths in Hong Kong yesterday, played polo on her birthday in July.· Take Chancellor Adenauer, in 1970, at the site of the former Warsaw ghetto, laying a wreath.· This year, and for years to come, they will walk hand-in-hand to lay a wreath at Suzanne's grave. Phrases PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be wreathed in something Lydia's face appeared to be wreathed in curls. But London, provocatively, was wreathed in blue veiling. Even though the figure was wreathed in shadow, they could see that it was hideously deformed. The shadowed faces of his detectives were wreathed in cigarette smoke. The small one was wreathed in weeds and brambles no one bothered to clear away. The whole area is wreathed in mists. Their dark faces were wreathed in smiles but there was a certain stillness in the eyes. ► be wreathed in smiles The next day, Emily came to work wreathed in smiles. Their dark faces were wreathed in smiles but there was a certain stillness in the eyes. 1a circle made from leaves or flowers that you put on the place where a person is buried:  The prime minister laid a wreath at the war memorial.2a circle of leaves or flowers that people use to decorate their houses at Christmas3a circle made from leaves that a person wore on their head in the past as a sign of honour:  a laurel wreath
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