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单词 Japan laurel
释义

japan /jə-panˈ/

adjective
  1. Of Japan
  2. Japanned
noun
  1. Japanese ware or work
  2. A glossy black varnish or lacquer
  3. A liquid used for paint-grinding and -drying
  4. Japanned work
transitive verb (japannˈing; japannedˈ)
  1. To varnish with japan, esp in imitation of Japanese work
  2. To make black
  3. To ordain (a clergyman) (old slang)

Japanese /jap-ə-nēzˈ or japˈ/ adjective

Of Japan, its people, or their language

noun (pl Japanese (formerly Japaneses))
  1. A native or citizen of Japan
  2. The language of Japan

Japanēsˈery noun

  1. Japanese decoration
  2. A Japanese ornament
  3. Japanese bric-à-brac

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
  1. The sweet bay tree (Laurus nobilis), used in ancient times for making wreaths of honour
  2. Another species of Laurus found in Madeira and the Canaries
  3. The cherry laurel
  4. In America, any species of Rhododendron or of Kalmia
  5. Extended to various trees and shrubs of similar appearance
  6. A crown of laurel
  7. Honours gained (often in pl)
adjective

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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