rest
n. 休息, 睡眠, 安息, 稍息, 静止, 支架, 休息处, 其余者, 剩余部分 vi. 休息, 睡, 长眠, 安心, 静止, 停止, 安置, 依赖 vt. 使休息, 使支撑, 把...寄托于
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1.
Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
休息
不可数 可数I need to get a good rest tonight; I was up late last night.
The sun sets, and the workers go to their rest.
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2.
Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
休息
可数 不可数We took a rest at the top of the hill to get our breath back.
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Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
不可数 可数It was nice to have a rest from the phone ringing when I unplugged it for a while.
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4.
A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
不可数 可数The boulder came to rest just behind the house after rolling down the mountain.
The ocean was finally at rest.
Now that we're all in agreement, we can put that issue to rest.
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A final position after death. Also, death itself: "Not alone, not alone would I go to my rest in the heart of the love..." -- George William Russell ("Love")
委婉 不可数 可数She was laid to rest in the village cemetery.
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A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
可数 音乐 不可数Remember there's a rest at the end of the fourth bar.
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A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
休止符
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Absence of motion.
不可数 物理 可数The body's centre of gravity may affect its state of rest.
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A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.
可数 体育 游戏 不可数Higgins can't quite reach the white with his cue, so he'll be using the rest.
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Any object designed to be used to support something else.
可数 不可数She put the phone receiver back in its rest.
He placed his hands on the arm rests of the chair.
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A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
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A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
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A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
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The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
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A set or game at tennis.
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That which remains.
不可数She ate some of the food, but was not hungry enough to eat it all, so she put the rest in the refrigerator to finish later.
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Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
剩余部分
其余
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A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities.
英国 不可数 商务 金融
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To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
不及物My day's work is over; now I will rest.
I shall not rest until I have uncovered the truth.
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2.
To come to a pause or an end; end.
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To put into a state of rest.
及物We need to rest the horses before we ride any further.
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To stay, remain, be situated, or belong to.
不及物The blame seems to rest with your father.
Copyright in the typographical arrangement rests with the Crown.
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To rely or depend on.
不及物The decision rests on getting a bank loan.
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To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
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To lean, lie, or lay.
不及物 及物A column rests on its pedestal.
I rested my head in my hands.
She rested against my shoulder.
I rested against the wall for a minute.
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To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)
美国 不及物 及物 法律The defense rests, your Honor.
I rest my case.
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To sleep; slumber.
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To lie dormant.
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To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
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To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
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To continue to be, remain, be left in a certain way.
You can rest assured that a sick child will say when it's again ready to eat, so it won't starve and doesn't need to be cajoled into eating.
Rest you merry.
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2.
To keep a certain way.
废旧 及物God rest you merry, gentlemen.
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To arrest.
非正式 废旧 及物
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From Middle English rest, reste, from Old English ræst, from Proto-West Germanic *rastu, from Proto-Germanic *rastō, from Proto-Indo-European *ros-, *res-, *erH- (“rest”). Cognate with West Frisian rêst (“rest”), Dutch rust (“rest”), German Rast (“rest”), Swedish rast (“rest”), Norwegian rest (“rest”), Icelandic röst (“rest”), Old Irish árus (“dwelling”), German Ruhe (“calm”), Albanian resht (“to stop, pause”), Welsh araf (“quiet, calm, gentle”), Lithuanian rovà (“calm”), Ancient Greek ἐρωή (erōḗ, “rest, respite”), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬨𐬈 (aⁱrime, “calm, peaceful”), Sanskrit रमते (rámate, “he stays still, calms down”), Gothic 𐍂𐌹𐌼𐌹𐍃 (rimis, “tranquility”). Related to roo.
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