🇬🇧🇨🇳 garland - 花环 : English Lesson

Meaning of "garland" ("花环"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A garland is a long chain made by joining lots of flowers, leaves, paper, or other pretty things together, usually to hang on walls, doors, or around people’s necks to decorate and celebrate special days.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

I made a garland out of socks, and Mom said it was festive but smelled like gym class.

At the Halloween party, I wore a garland of plastic spiders, and the principal screamed louder than the kids.

I made a garland of colorful sticky notes, so the whole room looked like it was thinking really hard.

The teacher hung a garland of gold stars across the board, and I tried to stand under it to look extra smart.

In some celebrations, people wear a flower garland called a lei in Hawaii to say “welcome,” which is way cooler than just saying “hi”.

At dawn, a girl plucked wild flowers and wove a garland for the old door. She hung a garland across the frame, draped a garland over the table, and slipped a small garland into her grandmother's hair. When the family returned, they touched each garland and laughed, and the house felt bright and loved.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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