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laureate 音標拼音: [l'ɔriət] a. 戴桂冠的,用月桂樹造的,榮譽的
n. 桂冠詩人
vt. 使戴桂冠 戴桂冠的,用月桂樹造的,榮譽的桂冠詩人使戴桂冠 laureate adj 1: worthy of the greatest honor or distinction; " The nation' s pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag"- James Traub n 1: someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreathLaureate \ Lau" re* ate\, n. 1. One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate. " A learned laureate." -- Cleveland. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A person who has been presented with an award for some distinguished achievement; as, a Nobel laureate; the Pris de Rome laureate; the Music Director Laureate; the conductor laureate. [ PJC]
Laureate \ Lau" re* ate\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Laureated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Laureating}.] To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities. [ 1913 Webster]
Laureate \ Lau" re* ate\, a. [ L. laureatus, fr. laurea laurel tree, fr. laureus of laurel, fr. laurus laurel: cf. F. laur[' e] at. Cf. { Laurel}.] Crowned, or decked, with laurel. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] { Poet laureate}. ( b) One who received an honorable degree in grammar, including poetry and rhetoric, at the English universities; -- so called as being presented with a wreath of laurel. [ Obs.] ( b) Formerly, an officer of the king' s household, whose business was to compose an ode annually for the king' s birthday, and other suitable occasions; now, a poet officially distinguished by such honorary title, the office being a sinecure. It is said this title was first given in the time of Edward IV. [ Eng.] ( c) A poet who has been publicly recognized as the most pre- eminent poet of a country or region; as, the poet laureate of the United States. [ 1913 Webster PJC] 79 Moby Thesaurus words for " laureate": A per se, Meistersinger, Olympic medal winner, Parnassian, ace, arch- poet, award winner, ballad maker, balladmonger, bard, beat poet, boss, bucoliast, champ, champion, chief, commander, crowned with laurel, dean, distinguished, elegist, epic poet, fili, fugleman, genius, head, higher- up, honored, idyllist, imagist, jongleur, leader, librettist, major poet, maker, master, medalist, minnesinger, minor poet, minstrel, modernist, nonpareil, occasional poet, odist, paragon, pastoral poet, pastoralist, poet, poet laureate, poetress, principal, prizeman, prizetaker, prizewinner, prodigy, rhapsode, rhapsodist, ruler, satirist, scop, senior, skald, sonneteer, star, superior, superman, superstar, symbolist, the greatest, the most, top dog, troubadour, trouveur, trovatore, vers libriste, vers- librist, virtuoso, world champion, world- record holder
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