单词 | rest cure |
释义 | > as lemmasrest cure rest cure n. a period spent in inactivity or leisure with the intention of improving one's physical or mental health. ΚΠ 1860 R. M. S. Jackson Mountain 517 Add to this list the ‘grape cure’.., the ‘beer cure,’ the ‘rest cure’. 1892 S. Hale Let. 28 Apr. (1919) 272 She is at a rest-cure. 1959 T. S. Eliot Elder Statesman i. 25 Now's the time to take a long holiday, Let's say a rest cure. 1999 R. Deakin Waterlog (2000) xiv. 169 I dragged myself up to friends in Dorset for a rest cure in a hammock in a hilltop orchard. < as lemmas |
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