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rest

英[rest] 美[rɛst]
  • vt. 使休息,使轻松;把…寄托于
  • n. 休息,静止;休息时间;剩余部分;支架
  • vi. 休息;静止;依赖;安置
  • n. (Rest)人名;(英、德、俄、捷、荷)雷斯特

英英释意


1. something left after other parts have been taken away;
"there was no remainder"
"he threw away the rest"
"he took what he wanted and I got the balance"
2. freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility);
"took his repose by the swimming pool"
3. a pause for relaxation;
"people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests"
4. a state of inaction;
"a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon"
5. euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb);
"she was laid to rest beside her husband"
"they had to put their family pet to sleep"
6. a support on which things can be put;
"the gun was steadied on a special rest"
7. a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration