rest

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 rĕst

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. That which remains. uncountable
    — 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.
  2. Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep. uncountable
    — I need to get a good rest tonight; I was up late last night.
  3. Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation. countable
    — We took a rest at the top of the hill to get our breath back.
  4. Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others. uncountable
    — Plato and the rest of the philosophers
  5. 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. UK,uncountable
  6. Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility. uncountable
    — It was nice to have a rest from the phone ringing when I unplugged it for a while.
  7. A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion. uncountable
    — The boulder came to rest just behind the house after rolling down the mountain.
  8. 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") euphemistic,uncountable
    — She was laid to rest in the village cemetery.
  9. A pause of a specified length in a piece of music. countable
    — Remember there's a rest at the end of the fourth bar.
  10. A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music. countable
  11. Absence of motion. uncountable
    — The body's centre of gravity may affect its state of rest.
  12. 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. countable
    — Higgins can't quite reach the white with his cue, so he'll be using the rest.
  13. Any object designed to be used to support something else. countable
    — She put the phone receiver back in its rest.
  14. A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance. countable,uncountable
    — their visors closed, their lances in the rest
  15. A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode. countable,uncountable
    — c. 1851, Catholicus (pen name of John Henry Newman, letter in The Times halfway houses and travellers' rests
  16. A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura. countable,uncountable
  17. The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital. countable,uncountable
    — a new account was opened under the heading "Irondale Mine" and so continued witli semiannual rest
  18. A set or game at tennis. countable,dated,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. 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.
  2. To arrest. colloquial,obsolete,transitive
  3. To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion. intransitive
    — My day's work is over; now I will rest.
  4. To come to a pause or an end; end. intransitive
  5. To keep a certain way. obsolete,transitive
    — God rest you merry, gentlemen.
  6. To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed. intransitive
    — There rest, if any rest can harbour there.
  7. To put into a state of rest. copulative,reflexive,transitive
    — We need to rest the horses before we ride any further.
  8. To stay, remain, be situated, or belong to. intransitive
    — The blame seems to rest with your father.
  9. To rely or depend on. intransitive
    — The decision rests on getting a bank loan.
  10. To be based on; to rely on something for proof or explanation intransitive
    — On him I rested, after long debate, / And not without considering, fixed fate.
  11. To lean, lie, or lay. intransitive,reflexive,transitive
    — A column rests on its pedestal.
  12. 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.) US,intransitive,transitive
    — The defense rests, your Honor.
  13. To sleep; slumber. intransitive
  14. To lie dormant. intransitive
  15. To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead. intransitive
    — I sing to him that rests below, ⁠And, since the grasses round me wave, ⁠I take the grasses of the grave, And make them pipes whereon to blow.
  16. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
    — to rest in Heaven's determination

词形变化

rests plural rests present,singular,third-person resting participle,present rested participle,past rested past rests present,singular,third-person resting participle,present rested participle,past rested past rests present,singular,third-person resting participle,present rested participle,past rested past

词汇关系

近义词
relieve lean place put lie
反义词
activity
衍生词
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词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *rastō
Proto-West Germanic *rastu
Old English ræst
Middle English reste
English rest
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.
词源 2
From Middle English resten, from Old English restan, from Proto-West Germanic *rastijan (“to rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *ros-, *res-, *erH- (“rest”). Cognate with Dutch rusten (“to rest”), Middle Low German resten (“to rest”), German rasten (“to rest”), Danish raste (“to rest”), Swedish rasta (“to rest”).
词源 3
From Middle English reste, from Old French reste, from Old French rester (“to remain”), from Latin restō (“to stay back, stay behind”), from re- + stō (“to stand”). Replaced native Middle English lave (“rest, remainder”) (from Old English lāf (“remnant, remainder”)).
词源 4
From Middle English resten, from Old French rester, from Latin restō.
词源 5
Aphetic form of arrest.
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