| 释义 |
▪ I. ˈrester1
[f. rest v.1 + -er1.]
1. One who rests; spec. in mod. use, an unemployed actor or actress.
1435Misyn Fire of Love 55 More truly it is in restars þen laborars. 1614Meriton Christian Mans Assuring-ho. 20 We have heere the perfection, not of resters, but of runners. a1680Charnock Attrib. God (1834) I. 256 As the law itself is called flesh, so the observers of it and resters in it are called Israel after the flesh. 1931R. Aldington Colonel's Daughter v. 300 The anteroom of a dramatic agency filled with restless resters.
2. A ledge for placing articles on in front of a balcony in a theatre.
1922Rep. Theatres & Music Halls Comm. in Minutes Proc. L.C.C., July-Dec. 1921 158 In order to prevent trays..being pushed off the resters in the front of balconies at theatres, etc...we have..decided to require..that the rester shall be sloped at, say, an angle of 30 deg.
▪ II. † ˈrester2 Obs. rare—0.
[f. rest v.3]
One who arrests.
c1440Promp. Parv. 431/1 Restare, or a-restare, arestator. |