| 单词 | night-rest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnight-rest night-rest n. rest taken at night.Quot. OE could alternatively be interpreted as showing the sense ‘a bed on which to rest at night’ (compare rest n.1 1b). ΚΠ OE Genesis A (1931) 2864 Þa se eadga Abraham sine nihtreste ofgeaf [L. de nocte consurgens]. a1425 (c1300) Archbishop & Nun (Ashm.) in J. Small Eng. Metrical Homilies (1862) 79 That might he nouther ete..Ne haue night rest. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. i. 17 Domesticke awe, Night-rest, and Neighbour-hood. View more context for this quotation 1883 E. F. Im Thurn Among Indians Guiana x. 217 The men, having slept at intervals during the day, do not need night-rest. 1962 Yearbk. Human Rights 1960 (United Nations) 324/2 Article 4 of this legislative decree fixes the duration of the night rest of women and children. 2001 A. N. Shukla & R. Tyagi Encycl. Birds 182 The use of nests for night rest..is wide-spread in birds. < as lemmas |
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