rest
英[rest]
美[r?st]
- vt. 使休息，使輕松；把…寄托于
- n. 休息，靜止；休息時間；剩余部分；支架
- vi. 休息；靜止；依賴；安置
- n. (Rest)人名；(英、德、俄、捷、荷)雷斯特
英英釋意
- 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