单词 | Japan laurel |
释义 | japan /jə-panˈ/adjective
Japanese /jap-ə-nēzˈ or japˈ/ adjective Of Japan, its people, or their language noun (pl Japanese (formerly Japaneses))
Japanēsˈery noun
Japanesque /-eskˈ/ noun A design in Japanese style adjective(also Japanēsˈy) savouring of the Japanese Japˈanize or Japˈanise transitive verb To make Japanese japannˈer noun Japano- combining form Japanese (esp in combination with another nationality, eg Japano-Chinese) Japˈanophile noun A lover of Japan or the Japanese (also adjective) Japan Current noun Kuroshio japanˈ-earth noun Terra-japonica, gambier Japanese beetle noun A small scarabaeid beetle (Popillia japonica) introduced accidentally into the eastern USA and now a major plant pest there Japanese cedar noun A very tall Japanese conifer (Cryptomeria japonica) often dwarfed by Japanese gardeners Japanese garden noun A formal garden with water, bridges, rocks, raked gravel and shrubs but without bright flowers Japanese knotweed noun A tall fast-growing strain of knotweed Japanese lantern noun A collapsible paper lantern, a Chinese lantern Japanese maple noun A decorative foliage tree (Acer palmatum or A. japonicum) Japanese medlar noun The loquat Japanese paper noun A fine soft paper handmade from paper-mulberry bark Japanese vellum noun A heavier weight of Japanese paper Japan lacquer noun Japan varnish Japan laurel noun A shrub (Aucuba japonica) of the dogwood family, with spotted yellow leaves japanned leather noun Patent leather (see under patent) Japan varnish noun A varnish obtained from a species of sumach (Rhus vernicifera), extended to various other similar varnishes Japan wax or Japan tallow noun A fat obtained from the berries of species of sumach laurel /lorˈəl or löˈrəl/noun
Made of laurel transitive verb (lauˈrelling; lauˈrelled)To crown, adorn or cover with laurel ORIGIN: Fr laurier, from L laurus lauˈrel-waˈter noun A sedative and narcotic water distilled from cherry-laurel leaves lauric acid /lörˈik/ noun An acid, CH3(CH2)10COOH, found in the berries of Laurus nobilis, etc (also called dodecanōˈic acid) lauryl alcohol /lorˈil or lörˈ/ noun A liquid made from coconut oil or its fatty acids, used in the manufacture of detergents lauryl thiocyanate noun A salt of lauryl alcohol used as a disinfectant cherry laurel, Japan laurel and spurge laurel see under cherry1, japan and spurge respectively. look to one's laurels To be careful not to lose one's pre-eminent position rest on one's laurels (sometimes as a criticism) to be content with one's past successes and the honour they bring, without attempting any further achievements |
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