英:[riːθ]
美:[riːθ]
英:[riːθ]
美:[riːθ]
复数:wreaths
wreathlike (adj.)
词根:wreath
vi.wreathe 缭绕;成圈状;扭曲;环绕盘旋
vt.wreathe 用花环装饰;将…做成花环;包围;覆盖
noun
a circular band, usu. of flowers or foliage woven or twisted together, used as a symbol or decoration.The victorious general wore a laurel wreath around his head as he entered the city.A Christmas wreath was hung on the front door.
any similar circular or coiling form or mass.a wreath of curls
laurel wreath桂冠
古英语 wriða “头带,绷带,带子”(字面意思为“缠绕的东西”),源自原始日耳曼语 *writh-(也指古诺尔斯语 riða,丹麦语 vride,古高地德语 ridan “转动,扭曲”,古撒克逊语,古弗里西亚语 wreth “生气”,荷兰语 wreed “粗糙,严厉,残酷”,古高地德语 reid “扭曲”,古诺尔斯语 reiða “生气”),源自原始印欧语 *wreit- “转动,弯曲”(也指古英语 wriða “带子”, wriðan “扭曲,折磨”, wraþ “生气”),源自根 *wer-(2)“转动,弯曲”。意思是“花环或藤蔓环”,最早记录于1560年代。
花冠,花冠体:一种环形结构,类似于用花或叶做成的可戴在头上的小圈
Middle English wrethe, from Old English writha; akin to Old English wrīthan to twist — more at writhe
The first known use of wreath was before the 12th century
wreathnoun
something twisted or woven into a circular shape
a wreath of flowers
wreathnoun
something twisted or woven into a circular shape
a wreath of flowers
1 He slid from the saddle, pulled the wreath of flowers from around Seabiscuit’s neck, and wrapped it around his own shoulders.
2 After a free pancake breakfast and exhibition (8 -10 a.m.), the 11 a.m. ceremony includes an F-16 flyover, tolling of the honor bell and wreath laying.
3 Most of the barrio’s women had put in some time dusting, washing the floors and walls, sprinkling agua florida all over, positioning wreaths, bathing Don Berto and laying him out in his box.
4 “We must make a funeral wreath for the queen.”
5 The cookies were in a red Christmas tin with a green wreath on it.
6 One morning, Kaede emerged from her tent to find a wreath woven from new leaves and perfect pink and white flowers.
7 Roses and hibiscuses and lilies and ixora and croton grew side by side like a hand- painted wreath.
8 Out of the first one stepped a beautiful brown woman wearing a paper wreath of marigolds.
9 We threw rice at weddings, we laid wreaths at funerals.
10 The British, Australian and Turkish Prime Ministers laid wreaths at the war memorial.
英国首相、澳大利亚总理和土耳其总理向战争纪念碑敬献了花圈。
11 We immediately took the paper and wreath to the police station, along with information as to what obviously subversive family had discarded the offending decoration.
12 At dark, they would light the candles and send their wreaths floating down the river.
13 His children sold his house with the black wreath still on the door.
14 Wearing deep mourning, she would have laid on it, perhaps, a wreath of flowers, as other women did; and stood for a moment, head bowed, considering the unspeaking ground.
15 If the wreath is not woven, who cares; if the wrist-chain has not been linked, let it be.
即使花环没有穿好,谁管它呢;即使手镯没有扣上,让它去吧。
16 The Franklins’ house was pristine, perfect, and sterile, right down to the tasteful white holiday lights that lined the edge of the roof, and the festive wreath hanging from the front door.
17 The girls were going over to a Greenpoint factory which needed hands for winter orders, poinsettias and artificial holly wreaths.
18 Peeking out from under her straw hat, wisps of mahogany hair garlanded her ears like a laurel wreath.
19 ‘Well, it’s not a laurel wreath,’ Frank said, ‘but it’s a new kind of victory circle: the gag of duct tape.’
20 Southside shops were featuring feeble wreaths and lights, made more feeble by the tacky Yuletide streamers and bells the city had strung up on the lampposts.
3 花圈
6 圈
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9 圈状物